After ending July with an average of more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases per day, Mississippi kept the trend going Saturday with more than 1,100 new cases and 30 deaths reported.

The state reported 1,134 new coronavirus cases Saturday and 30 more deaths from the prior day.

Six of the deaths reported Saturday actually occurred between July 5 and 26, but were delayed in reporting the state said.

The number of new cases was down from Thursday’s record high for the most new cases in a single day – 1,775.

Mississippi health officials reported 968 confirmed COVID-19 patients were hospitalized with another 204 suspected COVID patients in hospitals across the state. Both statistics were lower than the prior day.

The state reported 302 patients were in ICU beds, near an all-time record, with 172 requiring a ventilator.

In total, 59,881 cases have been found in the state. The state believes more than 35,000 of those cases have recovered.

A total of 1,693 people in Mississippi have died as a result of coronavirus.

The 7-day, daily average of new cases dropped to 1,255 with Saturday’s update.

The 14-day, daily average rose again to a new record, 1,288 cases per day a new record. The 14-day, daily average has set a new record each day for the last 20 days.

In the last two weeks, more than 18,000 new cases have been reported and 349 deaths have been reported.

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

The numbers in this table are provisional. County case numbers and deaths may change as investigation finds new or additional information. The data provided below is the most current available.

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	578	25	45	12
Alcorn	349	4	1	1
Amite	204	5 *	13	2
Attala	495	24	89	20
Benton	124	0	1	0
Bolivar	933	32	48	9
Calhoun	373	8	23	4
Carroll	245	11	45	9
Chickasaw	427	19	35	11
Choctaw	125	4	0	0
Claiborne	399	13	43	9
Clarke	297	25	19	9
Clay	364	14	2	1
Coahoma	648	10	4	2
Copiah	903	23	30	3
Covington	576	11	4	1
De Soto	3215	27	41	6
Forrest	1615	51	99	31
Franklin	111	2 *	3	1
George	539	5	1	0
Greene	226	11	35	6
Grenada	805	20	71	11
Hancock	324	14	8	4
Harrison	2067	32	126	14
Hinds	5176	106	237	47
Holmes	835	46	97	20
Humphreys	265	11	19	6
Issaquena	21	1	0	0
Itawamba	306	10	34	7
Jackson	1874	34	68	7
Jasper	373	8	1	0
Jefferson	191	6	6	1
Jefferson Davis	196	6	3	1
Jones	1740	57	168	35
Kemper	223	15	38	9
Lafayette	861	9	67	5
Lamar	1105	12	3	2
Lauderdale	1321	88	205	56
Lawrence	307	5	14	0
Leake	762	25	5	0
Lee	1194	30	66	15
Leflore	827	59	184	42
Lincoln	735	39	115	27
Lowndes	958	30	64	16
Madison	2272	53	172	26
Marion	594	18	15	2
Marshall	556	8	12	1
Monroe	687	50	126	41
Montgomery	291	3	0	0
Neshoba	1190	87	107	35
Newton	514	11	8	1
Noxubee	414	10	16	3
Oktibbeha	1044	34	168	22
Panola	896	11	5	1
Pearl River	480	36	53	14
Perry	213	7	0	0
Pike	819	32	67	15
Pontotoc	716	7	4	1
Prentiss	331	6	24	3
Quitman	220	1	0	0
Rankin	2111	28	87	10
Scott	951	17	15	3
Sharkey	180	1	6	1
Simpson	707	26	15	11
Smith	374	13	54	8
Stone	146	3	2	1
Sunflower	903	22	11	2
Tallahatchie	446	10	7	2
Tate	638	22	31	11
Tippah	294	12	0	0
Tishomingo	306	3	2	0
Tunica	252	6	12	2
Union	513	13	20	8
Walthall	439	18	57	9
Warren	964	25	80	11
Washington	1457	32	39	10
Wayne	731	21	56	10
Webster	195	12	52	11
Wilkinson	183	12	8	2
Winston	566	15	40	11
Yalobusha	312	10	35	7
Yazoo	764	11	21	2
Total	59,881	1,693	3,607	759

* Note: A death previously reported in Franklin County has been corrected to Amite County.