Mississippi reported Friday that new COVID-19 coronavirus cases continue to slowly fall.

Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) officials reported Friday that 389 new coronavirus cases were found over the last 24 hours.

The additional cases reported Friday brings the total number of cases found in the state since the pandemic began to 501,097, meaning that nearly 17 percent of all Mississippians have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began.

Statistics indicate that approximately 1 in every 298 Mississippians has died from the virus.

MSDH reported 13 new deaths on Friday, bringing the total death toll to 9,990.

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, 46 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 57 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 slightly to 472 on Friday.

The 14-day, daily average of new cases dropped to 488 with Friday’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	4587	119	88	18
Alcorn	5669	101	130	20
Amite	2051	56	57	9
Attala	3315	89	189	36
Benton	1488	38	47	10
Bolivar	6317	148	239	33
Calhoun	2794	46	44	7
Carroll	1691	38	52	11
Chickasaw	3003	67	61	15
Choctaw	1334	26	12	0
Claiborne	1327	37	46	9
Clarke	2924	94	133	32
Clay	3080	76	41	5
Coahoma	4160	105	138	13
Copiah	4485	92	104	14
Covington	4288	94	142	39
De Soto	32117	403	124	26
Forrest	13453	251	283	60
Franklin	1202	28	41	5
George	4968	79	73	9
Greene	2193	48	57	6
Grenada	3707	108	156	32
Hancock	7732	127	72	15
Harrison	34338	538	532	77
Hinds	31939	628	852	139
Holmes	2679	87	109	20
Humphreys	1295	38	35	9
Issaquena	193	7	0	0
Itawamba	4636	105	135	24
Jackson	24494	382	284	41
Jasper	3299	65	46	2
Jefferson	945	34	41	7
Jefferson Davis	1717	43	9	1
Jones	13851	242	237	43
Kemper	1419	41	50	10
Lafayette	8550	140	199	56
Lamar	10521	135	56	12
Lauderdale	11991	317	481	107
Lawrence	2129	40	27	2
Leake	4082	88	99	17
Lee	15543	235	225	43
Leflore	4658	144	240	55
Lincoln	5436	135	205	40
Lowndes	11050	188	280	66
Madison	14581	280	416	72
Marion	4226	108	162	24
Marshall	6467	134	69	17
Monroe	6777	177	191	55
Montgomery	1796	56	64	10
Neshoba	6637	206	228	60
Newton	3817	79	87	15
Noxubee	1867	40	41	6
Oktibbeha	7146	131	270	39
Panola	6531	131	103	15
Pearl River	9533	237	210	42
Perry	2055	56	24	9
Pike	5820	152	174	43
Pontotoc	6664	102	86	13
Prentiss	4672	81	101	15
Quitman	1064	28	0	0
Rankin	21995	390	492	69
Scott	4728	98	116	19
Sharkey	641	20	45	8
Simpson	4446	116	161	20
Smith	2640	50	72	8
Stone	3603	64	88	14
Sunflower	4239	105	124	20
Tallahatchie	2280	51	50	7
Tate	4588	111	80	19
Tippah	4692	81	120	14
Tishomingo	3597	92	103	28
Tunica	1598	39	19	3
Union	6028	94	132	23
Walthall	2187	63	69	14
Warren	6694	176	174	38
Washington	7438	158	202	41
Wayne	4397	72	80	13
Webster	2029	46	67	14
Wilkinson	1051	39	25	6
Winston	3142	91	131	39
Yalobusha	2340	47	82	22
Yazoo	4441	87	152	20
Total	501,097	9,990	11,281	2,089