New cases of COVID-19 coronavirus in Mississippi ratcheted down again Tuesday as the state released the latest statistics on the virus.

Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) officials reported Tuesday that 1,669 new coronavirus cases were found in the last 24 hours.

The additional cases reported Tuesday brings the total number of cases found in the state since the pandemic began to 477,769, meaning that 16 percent of all Mississippians have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began.

Statistics indicate that 1 in every 321 Mississippians has died from the virus.

MSDH reported 61 new deaths on Tuesday, bringing the total death toll to 9,331.

Mississippi health leaders have said that a combination of a low overall vaccination rate among Mississippians along with a rapidly spreading Delta variant is causing the recent surge in cases.

Through Monday, 43 percent of the total Mississippi population has been fully vaccinated. The number of fully vaccinated Mississippians has grown rapidly over the last several weeks but remains below the U.S. average of 55 percent.

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 1,661 on Tuesday.

The 14-day, daily average of new cases dropped to 1,744 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.

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	4365	116	88	18
Alcorn	5308	89	130	20
Amite	1972	51	57	9
Attala	3240	86	187	36
Benton	1409	33	47	10
Bolivar	6060	144	239	33
Calhoun	2631	40	43	7
Carroll	1608	37	52	11
Chickasaw	2850	65	61	15
Choctaw	1258	26	12	0
Claiborne	1261	34	46	9
Clarke	2789	90	133	31
Clay	2923	73	41	5
Coahoma	3904	98	134	12
Copiah	4285	87	102	14
Covington	4121	92	142	39
De Soto	30148	352	122	26
Forrest	13034	236	283	60
Franklin	1163	28	41	5
George	4651	71	65	9
Greene	2062	45	57	6
Grenada	3536	102	156	32
Hancock	7391	111	72	15
Harrison	32698	481	531	75
Hinds	30882	581	846	139
Holmes	2610	87	109	20
Humphreys	1257	37	35	9
Issaquena	191	6	0	0
Itawamba	4384	99	135	24
Jackson	23474	341	283	39
Jasper	3117	62	46	2
Jefferson	873	33	41	7
Jefferson Davis	1664	42	9	1
Jones	13270	222	234	43
Kemper	1379	39	50	10
Lafayette	8164	137	198	56
Lamar	10123	130	55	12
Lauderdale	11467	302	481	105
Lawrence	2047	31	27	2
Leake	3950	85	94	16
Lee	14732	219	224	43
Leflore	4428	140	240	55
Lincoln	5271	131	201	40
Lowndes	10340	175	277	64
Madison	14101	270	416	72
Marion	4060	102	161	24
Marshall	6045	121	66	16
Monroe	6431	158	191	55
Montgomery	1712	54	64	10
Neshoba	6430	201	220	59
Newton	3660	74	87	15
Noxubee	1766	39	38	6
Oktibbeha	6883	121	260	37
Panola	6170	125	103	15
Pearl River	8992	216	210	42
Perry	1979	53	24	9
Pike	5553	135	165	38
Pontotoc	6201	93	86	13
Prentiss	4418	77	101	15
Quitman	1031	26	0	0
Rankin	21203	366	483	68
Scott	4538	96	116	19
Sharkey	621	20	45	8
Simpson	4291	112	159	20
Smith	2467	47	72	8
Stone	3476	59	87	14
Sunflower	4109	104	124	20
Tallahatchie	2165	49	50	7
Tate	4309	101	80	19
Tippah	4397	80	120	14
Tishomingo	3301	88	103	28
Tunica	1500	34	19	2
Union	5683	86	132	23
Walthall	2094	58	69	14
Warren	6366	163	173	38
Washington	6883	150	196	41
Wayne	4294	65	80	13
Webster	1943	42	67	14
Wilkinson	1014	36	25	6
Winston	3019	91	130	39
Yalobusha	2192	47	82	22
Yazoo	4182	86	149	20
Total	477,769	9,331	11,179	2,067