Lower-than-average numbers of new COVID-19 coronavirus cases reported Friday in Mississippi seemed to indicate the state’s soaring numbers from July were beginning to ease at least some.

Reported deaths remained near two-week average highs on Friday with 385 Mississippians dying from the virus over the last two weeks.

The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 1,036 new coronavirus cases Friday and 23 more deaths from the prior day.

In total, 65,436 cases have been found in the state. The state believes more than 42,000 of those cases have recovered.

A total of 1,848 people in Mississippi have died as a result of coronavirus.

The 7-day, daily average of new cases dropped to 956 with Friday’s update. It was the lowest level of that average since mid-July.

The 14-day, daily average also dropped to 1,127 cases per day.

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	610	25	46	12
Alcorn	397	5	1	1
Amite	225	6	13	2
Attala	515	25	89	20
Benton	142	0	1	0
Bolivar	1093	33	47	9
Calhoun	407	9	23	4
Carroll	260	11	45	9
Chickasaw	450	19	35	11
Choctaw	131	4	0	0
Claiborne	398	13	43	9
Clarke	325	25	19	9
Clay	392	14	2	1
Coahoma	715	11	33	2
Copiah	945	28	30	4
Covington	610	13	4	1
De Soto	3574	30	44	7
Forrest	1758	55	101	32
Franklin	119	2	3	1
George	549	4	1	0
Greene	236	11	35	6
Grenada	838	21	76	12
Hancock	373	14	8	4
Harrison	2406	35	141	15
Hinds	5544	117	265	52
Holmes	873	48	97	20
Humphreys	283	11	19	6
Issaquena	25	1	0	0
Itawamba	348	10	34	7
Jackson	2225	42	68	7
Jasper	381	9	1	0
Jefferson	194	6	8	1
Jefferson Davis	228	6	3	1
Jones	1850	58	169	35
Kemper	227	14	38	9
Lafayette	956	15	84	12
Lamar	1192	14	4	2
Lauderdale	1397	90	205	56
Lawrence	312	7	13	0
Leake	786	25	4	0
Lee	1383	33	83	15
Leflore	907	62	184	42
Lincoln	796	41	119	28
Lowndes	1058	37	71	20
Madison	2396	64	180	32
Marion	643	20	15	2
Marshall	674	9	14	1
Monroe	769	52	146	43
Montgomery	315	3	0	0
Neshoba	1284	92	108	35
Newton	537	11	7	1
Noxubee	448	11	16	3
Oktibbeha	1096	38	176	25
Panola	1026	12	7	1
Pearl River	529	37	57	15
Perry	223	7	0	0
Pike	896	35	72	17
Pontotoc	809	8	5	1
Prentiss	403	10	25	3
Quitman	252	1	0	0
Rankin	2251	32	96	10
Scott	995	20	15	3
Sharkey	194	4	12	2
Simpson	786	30	32	14
Smith	397	13	54	8
Stone	186	4	4	2
Sunflower	992	24	13	3
Tallahatchie	522	10	7	2
Tate	705	27	33	12
Tippah	342	13	0	0
Tishomingo	363	5	30	0
Tunica	322	6	12	2
Union	601	16	26	8
Walthall	491	19	65	9
Warren	1033	32	94	15
Washington	1606	40	46	13
Wayne	753	21	57	10
Webster	225	12	52	11
Wilkinson	201	13	8	3
Winston	611	16	40	11
Yalobusha	312	10	35	7
Yazoo	815	12	21	2
Total	65,436	1,848	3,889	810