Mississippi reported on Monday the lowest number of new COVID-19 coronavirus cases for a weekend period since the second week in July, state health officials reported.

Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) officials reported Monday that 1.041 new coronavirus cases were found over the weekend. The last time a Monday morning report of weekend numbers was that low was on July 12.

The additional cases reported Monday brings the total number of cases found in the state since the pandemic began to 495,312, 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 303 Mississippians has died from the virus.

MSDH reported 22 new deaths on Monday, bringing the total death toll to 9,833.

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, 45 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 56 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 648 on Monday. The last time the weekly average was lower was July 19.

The 14-day, daily average of new cases dropped to 760 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	4537	119	88	18
Alcorn	5610	97	130	20
Amite	2026	53	57	9
Attala	3294	89	187	36
Benton	1468	38	47	10
Bolivar	6242	145	239	33
Calhoun	2760	45	44	7
Carroll	1663	38	52	11
Chickasaw	2948	67	61	15
Choctaw	1326	26	12	0
Claiborne	1303	37	46	9
Clarke	2880	93	133	32
Clay	3040	75	41	5
Coahoma	4101	104	138	13
Copiah	4399	89	103	14
Covington	4260	93	142	39
De Soto	31670	393	123	26
Forrest	13376	248	283	60
Franklin	1187	28	41	5
George	4884	79	68	9
Greene	2144	48	57	6
Grenada	3679	108	156	32
Hancock	7675	126	72	15
Harrison	33919	525	531	77
Hinds	31680	614	850	139
Holmes	2662	87	109	20
Humphreys	1285	38	35	9
Issaquena	193	7	0	0
Itawamba	4569	104	135	24
Jackson	24227	370	283	41
Jasper	3250	64	46	2
Jefferson	941	34	41	7
Jefferson Davis	1702	42	9	1
Jones	13731	238	236	43
Kemper	1408	41	50	10
Lafayette	8413	137	199	56
Lamar	10436	135	56	12
Lauderdale	11866	310	481	105
Lawrence	2099	38	27	2
Leake	4064	87	99	17
Lee	15354	232	225	43
Leflore	4600	142	240	55
Lincoln	5390	134	205	40
Lowndes	10819	182	279	64
Madison	14478	277	416	72
Marion	4195	106	162	24
Marshall	6341	130	69	17
Monroe	6674	173	191	55
Montgomery	1779	56	64	10
Neshoba	6578	204	226	60
Newton	3793	78	87	15
Noxubee	1848	40	41	6
Oktibbeha	7092	127	271	39
Panola	6429	129	103	15
Pearl River	9390	236	210	42
Perry	2038	54	24	9
Pike	5708	150	173	42
Pontotoc	6561	99	86	13
Prentiss	4626	81	101	15
Quitman	1054	27	0	0
Rankin	21793	386	489	68
Scott	4692	96	116	19
Sharkey	636	20	45	8
Simpson	4403	116	160	20
Smith	2611	49	72	8
Stone	3571	64	87	14
Sunflower	4211	104	124	20
Tallahatchie	2243	51	50	7
Tate	4521	108	80	19
Tippah	4630	81	120	14
Tishomingo	3539	89	103	28
Tunica	1576	39	19	3
Union	5910	93	132	23
Walthall	2152	63	69	14
Warren	6625	173	173	38
Washington	7340	156	203	41
Wayne	4377	72	80	13
Webster	2011	45	67	14
Wilkinson	1029	38	25	6
Winston	3116	91	130	39
Yalobusha	2309	47	82	22
Yazoo	4353	86	150	20
Total	495,312	9,833	11,256	2,083