The spread of new COVID-19 coronavirus cases continued to rapidly decline Monday across Mississippi as the state released the latest statistics on the pandemic.

Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) officials reported Monday that 1,773 new coronavirus cases were found over the weekend.

The additional cases reported Monday brings the total number of cases found in the state since the pandemic began to 484,675, meaning that more than 16 percent of all Mississippians have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began.

Statistics indicate that approximately 1 in every 314 Mississippians has died from the virus.

MSDH reported 55 new deaths on Monday, bringing the total death toll to 9,480.

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 Friday, 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 1,225 on Monday. It was the lowest number since July 27.

The 14-day, daily average of new cases dropped to 1,614 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 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	4429	117	88	18
Alcorn	5405	90	130	20
Amite	1994	52	57	9
Attala	3259	87	187	36
Benton	1430	35	47	10
Bolivar	6129	145	239	33
Calhoun	2677	41	43	7
Carroll	1625	37	52	11
Chickasaw	2878	66	61	15
Choctaw	1288	26	12	0
Claiborne	1271	34	46	9
Clarke	2832	90	133	31
Clay	2973	74	41	5
Coahoma	3986	100	134	12
Copiah	4329	88	103	14
Covington	4171	92	142	39
De Soto	30803	365	123	26
Forrest	13199	241	283	60
Franklin	1169	28	41	5
George	4735	72	67	9
Greene	2099	45	57	6
Grenada	3565	104	156	32
Hancock	7534	113	72	15
Harrison	33151	493	532	75
Hinds	31184	589	848	139
Holmes	2628	87	109	20
Humphreys	1270	38	35	9
Issaquena	193	7	0	0
Itawamba	4457	100	135	24
Jackson	23735	349	283	39
Jasper	3160	62	46	2
Jefferson	915	33	41	7
Jefferson Davis	1683	42	9	1
Jones	13430	227	235	43
Kemper	1388	40	50	10
Lafayette	8268	137	199	56
Lamar	10258	130	55	12
Lauderdale	11623	307	481	105
Lawrence	2070	34	27	2
Leake	3982	86	96	16
Lee	14963	221	225	43
Leflore	4495	140	240	55
Lincoln	5310	132	204	40
Lowndes	10501	176	277	64
Madison	14206	272	415	72
Marion	4111	104	162	24
Marshall	6165	126	68	17
Monroe	6533	167	191	55
Montgomery	1729	54	64	10
Neshoba	6489	201	224	59
Newton	3723	75	87	15
Noxubee	1793	39	38	6
Oktibbeha	6989	124	262	37
Panola	6278	127	103	15
Pearl River	9151	221	210	42
Perry	2010	54	24	9
Pike	5626	138	167	39
Pontotoc	6329	93	86	13
Prentiss	4479	79	101	15
Quitman	1042	27	0	0
Rankin	21390	373	485	68
Scott	4615	96	116	19
Sharkey	630	20	45	8
Simpson	4339	114	160	20
Smith	2522	49	72	8
Stone	3513	60	87	14
Sunflower	4155	104	124	20
Tallahatchie	2211	50	50	7
Tate	4420	103	80	19
Tippah	4481	80	120	14
Tishomingo	3383	89	103	28
Tunica	1542	35	19	2
Union	5760	89	132	23
Walthall	2117	58	69	14
Warren	6486	166	173	38
Washington	7144	152	198	41
Wayne	4346	67	80	13
Webster	1969	42	67	14
Wilkinson	1020	36	25	6
Winston	3056	91	130	39
Yalobusha	2243	47	82	22
Yazoo	4236	86	149	20
Total	484,675	9,480	11,209	2,069