Mississippi’s number of new COVID-19 coronavirus cases reported Tuesday continued to be lower than the trailing averages, indicating that measures to slow the virus’ spread may be working.

The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 644 new coronavirus cases Tuesday and 33 more deaths from the prior day.

Tuesday’s declining numbers comes exactly one week after Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves implemented a statewide face mask order and just more than a month after the governor began rolling out mask mandates for specific counties deemed as “hot spots” for the virus.

In total, 68,293 cases have been found in the state since March. The state believes nearly 50,000 of those cases have recovered.

A total of 1,944 people in Mississippi have died as a result of coronavirus, the state reported.

The 7-day, daily average of new cases dropped to 871 with Tuesday’s update.

The 14-day, daily average dropped to 1,000 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	632	25	46	12
Alcorn	435	5	8	1
Amite	237	6	14	2
Attala	527	25	89	20
Benton	145	1	2	0
Bolivar	1136	35	48	9
Calhoun	425	9	23	4
Carroll	261	11	45	9
Chickasaw	476	19	35	11
Choctaw	135	4	0	0
Claiborne	409	14	43	9
Clarke	336	26	27	9
Clay	401	14	2	1
Coahoma	781	13	34	2
Copiah	962	28	30	4
Covington	622	14	4	1
De Soto	3710	31*	45	7
Forrest	1826	56	101	32
Franklin	131	2	3	1
George	595	6	5	0
Greene	256	12	35	6
Grenada	851	23	76	13
Hancock	402	14	8	4
Harrison	2601	36	146	15
Hinds	5700	119	271	53
Holmes	910	49	97	20
Humphreys	297	12	20	6
Issaquena	27	2	0	0
Itawamba	387	10	36	7
Jackson	2314	44	68	7
Jasper	394	9	1	0
Jefferson	195	7	8	2
Jefferson Davis	233	6	3	1
Jones	1931	59	170	35
Kemper	233	14	38	9
Lafayette	987	19	89	14
Lamar	1231	15	8	3
Lauderdale	1415	92	210	56
Lawrence	323	8	13	1
Leake	795	26	4	0
Lee	1521	42	83	15
Leflore	949	66	184	44
Lincoln	834	42	124	28
Lowndes	1092	39	83	23
Madison	2455	69	191	36
Marion	684	20	47	5
Marshall	712	9	16	1
Monroe	821	55	146	44
Montgomery	329	5	0	0
Neshoba	1288	92	108	35
Newton	545	11	7	1
Noxubee	461	12	17	4
Oktibbeha	1133	39	177	26
Panola	1068	16	7	1
Pearl River	559	40	57	16
Perry	242	8	0	0
Pike	940	37	73	18
Pontotoc	842	9	5	1
Prentiss	423	10	25	3
Quitman	269	1	0	0
Rankin	2307	35	99	10
Scott	1011	20	15	3
Sharkey	204	5	42	4
Simpson	806	31	56	15
Smith	406	13	54	8
Stone	211	5	23	2
Sunflower	1056	25	15	3
Tallahatchie	541	11	7	2
Tate	743	30	33	12
Tippah	374	14	1	0
Tishomingo	437	7	33	0
Tunica	358	7	12	2
Union	662	16	35	8
Walthall	502	21	64	10
Warren	1125	35	94	18
Washington	1701	42	57	13
Wayne	780	21	57	10
Webster	237	12	52	11
Wilkinson	215	13	8	3
Winston	629	16	40	11
Yalobusha	316	10	35	7
Yazoo	841	13	28	3
Total	68,293	1,944	4,115	842

Note: A death previously reported in DeSoto County was determined to be a TN resident and has been removed from DeSoto County’s data. The data below has been updated to reflect these changes.