Mississippi set more records Thursday with the highest number of new COVID-19 coronavirus cases reported in a single day and the number of patients requiring hospitalization at an all-time high as well.

Mississippi State Health Department reported that 1,117 people were in Mississippi hospitals with either confirmed COVID-19 or suspected COVID-19 awaiting test results. It was a new all-time high for total COVID patients in hospitals. The previous record was set the day prior, that record set the day before, marking an alarming trend, health experts say.

Of those patients, 247 were in ICU rooms and 125 required ventilators, also record highs.

Mississippi reported 1,230 new cases Thursday, the highest single-day number of cases reported since the pandemic began.

That brings the total number of cases found in Mississippi to 39,797. The state believes nearly 26,000 of those cases have recovered.

Mississippi’s 7-day average of new cases jumped to 886 cases per day. The 14-day average of daily new cases rose to 787. Both stats were record highs.

The state also reported 18 new deaths Thursday attributed to the virus bringing the total death toll to 1,308.

Totals of all reported COVID-19 cases for 2020, including those in long-term care (LTC) facilities.

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	393	21	44	11
Alcorn	128	2	1	1
Amite	127	3	13	2
Attala	403	24	89	19
Benton	63	0	1	0
Bolivar	500	18	42	6
Calhoun	194	5	23	4
Carroll	199	11	45	9
Chickasaw	331	19	35	11
Choctaw	80	4	0	0
Claiborne	327	12	43	9
Clarke	247	25	19	9
Clay	281	12	2	1
Coahoma	257	6	1	0
Copiah	704	17	30	3
Covington	483	5	3	0
Desoto	2171	20	23	5
Forrest	1140	45	95	29
Franklin	65	2	3	1
George	139	3	1	0
Greene	134	10	34	6
Grenada	664	13	52	7
Hancock	172	14	8	4
Harrison	1305	17	101	9
Hinds	3317	63	156	23
Holmes	633	42	98	20
Humphreys	188	10	18	6
Issaquena	11	1	0	0
Itawamba	170	8	34	7
Jackson	874	20	48	6
Jasper	305	6	1	0
Jefferson	139	3	3	0
Jefferson Davis	132	4	3	1
Jones	1284	52	159	35
Kemper	190	14	38	9
Lafayette	548	4	42	1
Lamar	668	7	3	2
Lauderdale	1016	83	203	54
Lawrence	226	2	0	0
Leake	670	20	3	0
Lee	695	23	66	15
Leflore	601	56	183	41
Lincoln	561	36	115	27
Lowndes	597	17	34	8
Madison	1630	42	143	20
Marion	372	12	16	2
Marshall	324	4	12	1
Monroe	494	40	122	33
Montgomery	204	3	0	0
Neshoba	1067	79	106	31
Newton	390	11	6	2
Noxubee	295	9	15	3
Oktibbeha	650	28	132	18
Panola	531	6	3	1
Pearl River	331	32	50	12
Perry	105	4	0	0
Pike	553	24	46	12
Pontotoc	435	6	3	1
Prentiss	145	6	24	3
Quitman	114	1	0	0
Rankin	1276	20	61	6
Scott	847	15	15	2
Sharkey	56	0	1	0
Simpson	489	3	3	0
Smith	268	12	52	8
Stone	88	2	2	1
Sunflower	600	9	1	0
Tallahatchie	247	4	3	1
Tate	440	14	28	9
Tippah	159	11	0	0
Tishomingo	137	1	2	0
Tunica	132	3	12	2
Union	282	11	20	8
Walthall	304	10	46	4
Warren	649	22	39	9
Washington	876	16	27	5
Wayne	595	20	53	8
Webster	139	11	52	10
Wilkinson	111	9	5	2
Winston	323	13	39	10
Yalobusha	220	9	35	7
Yazoo	587	7	20	2
Total	39,797	1,308	3,109	634