Mississippi’s weekly new COVID-19 coronavirus case rose dramatically Tuesday with the latest data released by the state, but the majority of the new cases reported were from months ago, only discovered through health records investigations.

Mississippi State Department of Health officials reported Tuesday that 608 new cases were found. Of the new cases, 406 of those were from August 31, 2020, to May 12, 2021. The state said the older cases were recently identified through their investigative process.

The additional cases reported Tuesday brings the total number of cases found in the state since the pandemic began to 315,634.

The Mississippi State Health Department reported 11 new deaths on Tuesday, bringing the total death toll to 7,268. Five of the deaths reported Tuesday actually occurred between March 19 and May 10.

Through Wednesday morning, more than 934,000 people, or 31% of all Mississippians, have received at least one shot of the COVID-19 vaccines available.

And approximately 27% of Mississippi’s population are fully vaccinated, the state reported.

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 rose to 242 on Tuesday.

The 14-day, daily average of new cases rose to 224 with Tuesday’s update.

Cumulative Cases and Deaths by County

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

Long-term care case and death totals by county are undergoing data review and are not currently available.

The numbers in this table are provisional. County case and deaths totals may change as investigation finds new or additional information.

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths
Adams	2950	82
Alcorn	3144	71
Amite	1234	42
Attala	2145	73
Benton	1012	25
Bolivar	4807	132
Calhoun	1711	32
Carroll	1219	29
Chickasaw	2084	57
Choctaw	764	18
Claiborne	1025	30
Clarke	1781	80
Clay	1856	54
Coahoma	2966	79
Copiah	2979	65
Covington	2604	81
De Soto	21906	260
Forrest	7707	152
Franklin	841	23
George	2496	48
Greene	1307	33
Grenada	2621	87
Hancock	3806	87
Harrison	18002	310
Hinds	20389	416
Holmes	1891	74
Humphreys	968	33
Issaquena	169	6
Itawamba	3014	77
Jackson	13470	246
Jasper	2211	48
Jefferson	657	28
Jefferson Davis	1073	33
Jones	8389	164
Kemper	958	28
Lafayette	6214	119
Lamar	6251	86
Lauderdale	7200	240
Lawrence	1300	24
Leake	2687	73
Lee	9990	175
Leflore	3500	125
Lincoln	3980	111
Lowndes	6415	148
Madison	10135	217
Marion	2697	80
Marshall	4532	103
Monroe	4122	133
Montgomery	1272	42
Neshoba	4033	178
Newton	2471	63
Noxubee	1268	34
Oktibbeha	4633	98
Panola	4606	108
Pearl River	4533	146
Perry	1263	38
Pike	3331	105
Pontotoc	4213	73
Prentiss	2804	60
Quitman	813	16
Rankin	13655	278
Scott	3169	73
Sharkey	502	17
Simpson	2954	89
Smith	1628	34
Stone	1831	33
Sunflower	3365	91
Tallahatchie	1790	41
Tate	3377	84
Tippah	2892	68
Tishomingo	2278	67
Tunica	1062	26
Union	4115	76
Walthall	1343	45
Warren	4400	121
Washington	5349	134
Wayne	2630	41
Webster	1146	32
Wilkinson	679	31
Winston	2278	81
Yalobusha	1653	38
Yazoo	3119	70
Total	315,634	7,268