New cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus are on the rise in Mississippi again, state statistics released Wednesday indicate.

Mississippi’s two-week average of daily new cases rose to 209 cases Wednesday, an 82-percent increase from two weeks ago.

Mississippi State Department of Health officials reported Wednesday that 379 new cases were found in the last 24 hours.

The additional cases reported Wednesday brings the total number of cases found in the state since the pandemic began to 323,214.

The Mississippi State Health Department reported 11 new deaths on Wednesday, bringing the total death toll to 7,436.

Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs said of the 11 deaths, 10 of them were in unvaccinated patients. Dobbs and other health officials continue to urge unvaccinated Mississippians to get the vaccine. Mississippi has the lowest vaccination rate of any state.

Through Tuesday morning, approximately 34% of all Mississippians have received at least one shot of the COVID-19 vaccines available.

And approximately 31% 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 204 on Wednesday.

The 14-day, daily average of new cases increased to 190 with Wednesday’s update. The last time that average was higher was in late May.

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 and deaths totals may change as investigation finds new or additional information.

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	3141	86	83	16
Alcorn	3353	74	130	20
Amite	1281	43	57	9
Attala	2160	73	175	36
Benton	1027	25	46	10
Bolivar	4852	134	236	33
Calhoun	1750	32	36	6
Carroll	1226	30	51	10
Chickasaw	2125	59	60	15
Choctaw	799	18	2	0
Claiborne	1033	31	45	9
Clarke	1793	80	123	31
Clay	1893	54	38	5
Coahoma	3034	84	129	12
Copiah	3031	66	84	11
Covington	2702	83	139	39
De Soto	22454	274	113	24
Forrest	7931	156	244	53
Franklin	853	23	40	4
George	2541	51	59	8
Greene	1323	34	53	6
Grenada	2641	88	154	32
Hancock	3911	88	69	14
Harrison	18712	317	490	70
Hinds	21206	427	808	132
Holmes	1913	74	104	20
Humphreys	975	33	34	9
Issaquena	169	6	0	0
Itawamba	3056	80	135	24
Jackson	13883	251	241	35
Jasper	2229	48	43	2
Jefferson	665	28	41	7
Jefferson Davis	1094	34	9	1
Jones	8499	169	220	42
Kemper	970	29	44	9
Lafayette	6343	124	187	55
Lamar	6427	88	53	12
Lauderdale	7279	243	443	101
Lawrence	1327	25	27	2
Leake	2736	74	92	16
Lee	10168	176	222	42
Leflore	3521	125	236	52
Lincoln	4034	113	197	40
Lowndes	6576	150	258	63
Madison	10369	227	391	70
Marion	2730	80	158	24
Marshall	4602	105	65	15
Monroe	4189	136	190	55
Montgomery	1295	44	54	9
Neshoba	4104	180	207	59
Newton	2504	64	87	15
Noxubee	1289	35	35	6
Oktibbeha	4687	98	222	36
Panola	4681	112	104	15
Pearl River	4673	148	194	39
Perry	1283	38	21	8
Pike	3398	111	134	36
Pontotoc	4309	73	86	13
Prentiss	2884	61	99	15
Quitman	830	19	0	0
Rankin	14166	284	406	61
Scott	3226	74	115	18
Sharkey	511	18	44	8
Simpson	3040	89	158	20
Smith	1678	34	68	8
Stone	1947	35	85	14
Sunflower	3401	93	123	20
Tallahatchie	1802	42	50	7
Tate	3438	88	80	19
Tippah	2939	68	119	13
Tishomingo	2336	69	102	27
Tunica	1087	27	18	2
Union	4187	78	131	23
Walthall	1363	47	69	13
Warren	4478	121	169	37
Washington	5458	139	190	39
Wayne	2659	42	69	11
Webster	1155	32	61	12
Wilkinson	702	32	25	5
Winston	2317	82	130	39
Yalobusha	1682	40	82	22
Yazoo	3179	71	141	18
Total	323,214	7,436	10,532	1,988