The last 14 days marked the deadliest two-week period for reported COVID-19 coronavirus deaths since the pandemic began in March.

Mississippi State Health Department statistics reported over the last 14 days recorded 230 deaths as a result of the coronavirus. The previous record of 219 deaths over a two-week period was set in mid-May.

Mississippi reported 1,032 new cases Friday, the third-highest single-day number of cases recorded. The record was set Thursday.

That brings the total number of cases found in Mississippi to 40,829. The state believes nearly 26,000 of those cases have recovered.

Mississippi State Health Department reported a slight drop in the hospitalization numbers with a total of 1,076 people in Mississippi hospitals with either confirmed COVID-19 or suspected COVID-19 awaiting test results. The record high was reported on Thursday.

Of those patients, 253 were in ICU rooms, a new record, and 129 required ventilators.

Mississippi’s 7-day average of new cases was steady at 886 cases per day, tied with yesterday’s record high. The 14-day average of daily new cases rose to 796, a new record high.

The state also reported 24 new deaths Friday attributed to the virus bringing the total death toll to 1,332. Seven of the deaths reported Friday actually occurred between May 11 and July 7, the state reported.

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	401	21	44	11
Alcorn	136	2	1	1
Amite	131	3	13	2
Attala	405	24	89	19
Benton	67	0	1	0
Bolivar	524	18	42	6
Calhoun	202	5	23	4
Carroll	200	11	45	9
Chickasaw	337	19	35	11
Choctaw	82	4	0	0
Claiborne	328	12	43	9
Clarke	250	25	19	9
Clay	285	12	2	1
Coahoma	276	7	1	0
Copiah	713	18	30	3
Covington	487	5	3	0
Desoto	2220	20	23	5
Forrest	1162	45	96	29
Franklin	67	2	3	1
George	154	3	1	0
Greene	139	10	34	6
Grenada	678	14	52	8
Hancock	180	14	8	4
Harrison	1370	18	103	10
Hinds	3418	66	157	24
Holmes	639	43	98	20
Humphreys	192	10	18	6
Issaquena	12	1	0	0
Itawamba	177	8	34	7
Jackson	900	20	48	6
Jasper	307	6	1	0
Jefferson	142	3	3	0
Jefferson Davis	137	4	3	1
Jones	1302	52	159	35
Kemper	190	14	38	9
Lafayette	560	4	42	1
Lamar	702	8	3	2
Lauderdale	1024	83	203	54
Lawrence	225	2	0	0
Leake	675	20	3	0
Lee	728	23	67	15
Leflore	612	56	183	41
Lincoln	570	36	115	27
Lowndes	608	17	34	8
Madison	1657	43	143	20
Marion	381	12	16	2
Marshall	334	4	12	1
Monroe	506	42	122	35
Montgomery	209	3	0	0
Neshoba	1071	81	108	32
Newton	408	11	6	2
Noxubee	297	10	15	3
Oktibbeha	662	28	132	18
Panola	551	6	3	1
Pearl River	346	32	50	12
Perry	111	4	0	0
Pike	562	25	47	12
Pontotoc	448	6	3	1
Prentiss	155	6	24	3
Quitman	116	1	0	0
Rankin	1322	21	61	7
Scott	848	16	15	3
Sharkey	58	0	1	0
Simpson	495	4	3	0
Smith	273	12	52	8
Stone	94	2	2	1
Sunflower	614	11	1	0
Tallahatchie	260	4	3	1
Tate	447	16	28	9
Tippah	180	11	0	0
Tishomingo	142	1	2	0
Tunica	139	3	12	2
Union	307	11	20	8
Walthall	310	10	49	4
Warren	671	22	40	9
Washington	918	17	27	5
Wayne	606	20	53	8
Webster	142	11	52	10
Wilkinson	111	9	5	2
Winston	336	13	40	10
Yalobusha	231	9	35	7
Yazoo	597	7	20	2
Total	40,829	1,332	3,122	642