Last April, Mississippi residents stood astonished as average daily cases of COVID-19 coronavirus doubled during the month as the global pandemic began infiltrating the Magnolia State.

On Monday, Mississippi saw case numbers not seen since mid-April 2020 and what were once terrifyingly high numbers are now heralded as a reason to celebrate.

“MS making phenomenal progress! Let’s keep it up and avoid the 4th wave,” Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs wrote Monday on Twitter.

“Stand up for MS and get the COVID vaccine. Let’s keep our success rolling – and keep our kids in school and our businesses thriving,” Dobbs wrote the day prior.

By contracts one year ago, one of the news headlines in Mississippi was “Mississippi reports highest single-day jump in cases and deaths”

On April 5, 2020, the state’s 7-day average of cases was just 126 per day. By May 1, 2020, that number would have doubled, eventually reaching approximately 10 times as many cases.

By contrast, Mississippi reported Monday the weekly average number of new COVID-19 coronavirus cases had dropped slightly Monday to a level not seen since April 19, 2020.

Mississippi State Department of Health officials said 70 new cases were found in the last 24 hours. Monday’s additional cases bring the total number of cases found in the state since the pandemic began to 306,158.

The Mississippi State Health Department reported no new deaths on Monday, leaving the total death toll at 7,055.

The 7-day, daily average of new cases decreased to 209 on Monday. The average was the lowest recorded in Mississippi since April 19, 2020, when the figure was 190.

The 14-day, daily average of new cases dropped slightly to 230 with Monday’s update.

Cumulative Cases and Deaths by County

Totals of all reported COVID-19 cases, 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.

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	2435	82	83	16
Alcorn	2966	63	130	20
Amite	1186	39	55	9
Attala	2129	73	175	36
Benton	968	25	46	10
Bolivar	4765	128	232	31
Calhoun	1627	30	36	6
Carroll	1205	26	51	10
Chickasaw	2046	57	60	15
Choctaw	725	16	1	0
Claiborne	1012	30	45	9
Clarke	1759	75	123	31
Clay	1821	54	38	5
Coahoma	2888	76	129	12
Copiah	2916	62	83	11
Covington	2539	80	136	39
De Soto	20638	248	113	24
Forrest	7502	145	227	51
Franklin	810	23	40	4
George	2368	46	59	7
Greene	1293	33	52	6
Grenada	2534	80	155	32
Hancock	3703	84	69	14
Harrison	17418	299	485	68
Hinds	19771	404	805	131
Holmes	1857	71	104	20
Humphreys	942	32	34	9
Issaquena	168	6	0	0
Itawamba	2960	76	134	23
Jackson	13054	242	240	35
Jasper	2196	47	43	2
Jefferson	646	28	41	7
Jefferson Davis	1046	32	9	1
Jones	8269	159	220	42
Kemper	949	25	44	9
Lafayette	5980	116	187	55
Lamar	6077	84	54	13
Lauderdale	7121	236	443	100
Lawrence	1258	23	27	2
Leake	2603	73	88	15
Lee	9829	169	222	41
Leflore	3465	124	236	52
Lincoln	3861	107	197	40
Lowndes	6235	144	256	63
Madison	9856	209	368	69
Marion	2648	79	158	24
Marshall	4248	100	64	15
Monroe	4051	131	190	55
Montgomery	1251	41	54	9
Neshoba	3969	175	203	59
Newton	2436	58	87	15
Noxubee	1255	31	35	6
Oktibbeha	4537	97	222	36
Panola	4427	103	104	15
Pearl River	4395	139	188	37
Perry	1246	38	21	8
Pike	3153	102	135	35
Pontotoc	4157	72	86	12
Prentiss	2747	59	99	15
Quitman	785	16	0	0
Rankin	13260	274	392	61
Scott	3086	72	115	18
Sharkey	494	17	43	8
Simpson	2866	84	157	20
Smith	1575	34	66	8
Stone	1776	30	85	14
Sunflower	3282	89	122	20
Tallahatchie	1747	40	50	7
Tate	3204	81	80	19
Tippah	2837	68	119	13
Tishomingo	2217	67	102	27
Tunica	1023	25	18	2
Union	4019	74	131	23
Walthall	1296	43	69	13
Warren	4267	118	170	37
Washington	5265	132	191	39
Wayne	2611	41	69	11
Webster	1134	32	61	12
Wilkinson	641	27	25	5
Winston	2255	81	130	39
Yalobusha	1571	36	82	22
Yazoo	3031	68	140	18
Total	306,158	7,055	10,438	1,972