Mississippi’s total death toll from the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic crossed a significant mark Monday despite falling new case numbers.

More than 10,000 Mississippians have died since the pandemic began in March 2020. Approximately 1 in 5 of those deaths were reported in the last three month, state statistics show.

Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) officials reported Monday that 555 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 501,652, 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 34 new deaths on Monday, bringing the total death toll to 10,024.

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 442 on Monday.

The 14-day, daily average of new cases dropped to 453 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	4592	119	88	18
Alcorn	5676	102	130	20
Amite	2052	56	57	9
Attala	3317	89	189	36
Benton	1492	39	47	10
Bolivar	6323	150	239	33
Calhoun	2794	47	44	7
Carroll	1693	38	52	11
Chickasaw	3010	67	61	15
Choctaw	1333	26	12	0
Claiborne	1328	37	46	9
Clarke	2925	94	133	32
Clay	3089	77	41	5
Coahoma	4168	107	138	13
Copiah	4487	92	104	14
Covington	4290	94	142	39
De Soto	32162	408	124	26
Forrest	13461	252	283	60
Franklin	1203	28	41	5
George	4974	79	73	9
Greene	2194	49	57	6
Grenada	3711	108	156	32
Hancock	7740	127	72	15
Harrison	34353	540	532	77
Hinds	31977	631	852	139
Holmes	2679	87	109	20
Humphreys	1296	38	35	9
Issaquena	193	7	0	0
Itawamba	4640	105	135	24
Jackson	24508	383	284	41
Jasper	3301	65	46	2
Jefferson	947	34	41	7
Jefferson Davis	1722	43	9	1
Jones	13867	243	237	43
Kemper	1419	41	50	10
Lafayette	8557	140	199	56
Lamar	10522	136	56	12
Lauderdale	11998	317	481	107
Lawrence	2131	40	27	2
Leake	4086	88	99	17
Lee	15596	235	225	43
Leflore	4663	144	240	55
Lincoln	5439	135	205	40
Lowndes	11065	188	280	66
Madison	14597	280	416	72
Marion	4232	108	162	24
Marshall	6476	135	69	17
Monroe	6787	178	191	55
Montgomery	1796	57	64	10
Neshoba	6642	206	228	60
Newton	3817	79	87	15
Noxubee	1868	40	41	6
Oktibbeha	7147	133	270	39
Panola	6542	131	103	15
Pearl River	9547	237	210	42
Perry	2059	56	24	9
Pike	5824	152	174	43
Pontotoc	6677	104	86	13
Prentiss	4691	82	101	15
Quitman	1065	28	0	0
Rankin	22015	390	492	69
Scott	4730	98	116	19
Sharkey	642	20	45	8
Simpson	4448	116	161	20
Smith	2641	50	72	8
Stone	3606	64	88	14
Sunflower	4240	105	124	20
Tallahatchie	2282	51	50	7
Tate	4592	111	80	19
Tippah	4703	81	120	14
Tishomingo	3600	92	103	28
Tunica	1600	39	19	3
Union	6057	94	132	23
Walthall	2187	64	69	14
Warren	6706	176	174	38
Washington	7443	160	202	41
Wayne	4400	72	80	13
Webster	2030	46	67	14
Wilkinson	1051	39	25	6
Winston	3146	91	131	39
Yalobusha	2345	47	82	22
Yazoo	4448	87	152	20
Total	501,652	10,024	11,281	2,089