Mississippi’s 7-day, daily average of new COVID-19 coronavirus cases dropped slightly with Tuesday’s latest statistics, just one day after hitting a high for the month of April.

Mississippi State Department of Health officials said 233 new cases were found in the last 24 hours. Wednesday’s additional cases bring the total number of cases found in the state since the pandemic began to 309,818.

The Mississippi State Health Department reported two new deaths on Wednesday, bringing the total death toll to 7,163.

Through Wednesday morning, more than 920,000 people, or 29% of all Mississippians, have received at least one shot of the COVID-19 vaccines available.

And approximately 22% of Mississippi’s population are fully vaccinated, the state reported. That’s just more than 714,000 people.

For more detailed county-by-county vaccination results visit: https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/resources/12130.pdf

The 7-day, daily average of new cases dropped to 244 on Wednesday.

The 14-day, daily average of new cases dropped to 229 with Wednesday’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.

Long-term care data updates are not yet available. The table below reflects figures from last week for long-term care cases and deaths.

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	2472	82	83	16
Alcorn	3023	67	130	20
Amite	1216	41	55	9
Attala	2137	73	175	36
Benton	977	25	46	10
Bolivar	4786	130	234	32
Calhoun	1668	32	36	6
Carroll	1212	26	51	10
Chickasaw	2059	57	60	15
Choctaw	747	17	2	0
Claiborne	1015	30	45	9
Clarke	1783	78	123	31
Clay	1834	54	38	5
Coahoma	2910	79	129	12
Copiah	2946	65	83	11
Covington	2555	80	137	39
De Soto	21074	251	113	24
Forrest	7573	149	228	51
Franklin	831	23	40	4
George	2408	47	59	8
Greene	1296	33	52	6
Grenada	2577	85	155	32
Hancock	3745	85	69	14
Harrison	17612	304	485	68
Hinds	20031	411	804	131
Holmes	1875	72	104	20
Humphreys	947	32	34	9
Issaquena	168	6	0	0
Itawamba	2980	77	134	23
Jackson	13210	243	240	35
Jasper	2203	48	43	2
Jefferson	649	28	41	7
Jefferson Davis	1061	32	9	1
Jones	8324	161	220	42
Kemper	957	28	44	9
Lafayette	6099	118	187	55
Lamar	6160	85	54	13
Lauderdale	7255	238	443	100
Lawrence	1269	23	27	2
Leake	2627	73	88	15
Lee	9911	171	222	41
Leflore	3476	124	236	52
Lincoln	3902	109	197	40
Lowndes	6313	144	256	63
Madison	9981	213	368	69
Marion	2672	79	158	24
Marshall	4312	103	64	15
Monroe	4066	132	190	55
Montgomery	1259	42	54	9
Neshoba	4016	176	203	59
Newton	2470	61	87	15
Noxubee	1266	34	35	6
Oktibbeha	4582	98	222	36
Panola	4466	103	104	15
Pearl River	4449	142	188	37
Perry	1256	38	21	8
Pike	3236	105	135	35
Pontotoc	4181	72	86	12
Prentiss	2768	59	99	15
Quitman	792	16	0	0
Rankin	13423	277	392	61
Scott	3123	73	115	18
Sharkey	498	17	43	8
Simpson	2906	86	157	20
Smith	1607	34	66	8
Stone	1797	33	85	14
Sunflower	3323	90	122	20
Tallahatchie	1763	40	50	7
Tate	3277	84	80	19
Tippah	2856	68	119	13
Tishomingo	2234	67	102	27
Tunica	1038	25	18	2
Union	4057	76	131	23
Walthall	1316	44	69	13
Warren	4312	119	170	37
Washington	5297	133	191	39
Wayne	2616	41	69	11
Webster	1141	32	61	12
Wilkinson	659	29	25	5
Winston	2262	81	130	39
Yalobusha	1605	36	82	22
Yazoo	3063	69	140	18
Total	309,818	7,163	10,442	1,974