After a slight increase on Tuesday, Mississippi’s number of new COVID-19 coronavirus cases fell again Wednesday and the number of reported deaths fell to the lowest, single-day number in months.

Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) officials reported Wednesday that 344 new coronavirus cases were found in the last 24 hours.

The additional cases reported Wednesday brings the total number of cases found in the state since the pandemic began to 503,666, 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 296 Mississippians has died from the virus.

MSDH reported two new deaths on Wednesday, bringing the total death toll to 10,059.

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 Wednesday, 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 to 483 on Wednesday.

The 14-day, daily average of new cases dropped to 487 with Wednesday’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	4618	120	88	18
Alcorn	5698	102	130	20
Amite	2062	56	57	9
Attala	3352	90	189	36
Benton	1494	39	47	10
Bolivar	6332	150	239	33
Calhoun	2801	47	44	7
Carroll	1696	39	52	11
Chickasaw	3031	67	61	15
Choctaw	1345	27	12	0
Claiborne	1329	38	46	9
Clarke	2964	94	133	32
Clay	3092	77	41	5
Coahoma	4182	108	138	14
Copiah	4500	92	104	14
Covington	4301	94	142	39
De Soto	32343	411	124	26
Forrest	13509	253	283	60
Franklin	1208	28	44	5
George	5041	79	73	9
Greene	2209	49	57	6
Grenada	3732	108	156	32
Hancock	7753	130	72	15
Harrison	34423	541	532	77
Hinds	32087	631	853	139
Holmes	2687	88	109	20
Humphreys	1299	38	35	9
Issaquena	193	7	0	0
Itawamba	4653	105	135	24
Jackson	24557	386	283	41
Jasper	3366	65	46	2
Jefferson	958	34	41	7
Jefferson Davis	1724	43	9	1
Jones	13904	243	237	43
Kemper	1422	41	50	10
Lafayette	8588	140	199	56
Lamar	10534	138	56	12
Lauderdale	12038	318	481	107
Lawrence	2137	40	27	2
Leake	4100	88	99	17
Lee	15671	235	225	43
Leflore	4677	144	240	55
Lincoln	5474	135	205	40
Lowndes	11097	192	279	66
Madison	14668	281	416	72
Marion	4236	108	162	24
Marshall	6495	135	69	17
Monroe	6802	178	191	55
Montgomery	1801	57	64	10
Neshoba	6658	206	228	60
Newton	3834	79	87	15
Noxubee	1871	40	41	6
Oktibbeha	7155	133	270	40
Panola	6572	131	103	15
Pearl River	9564	238	210	42
Perry	2068	56	24	9
Pike	5859	154	174	43
Pontotoc	6761	104	86	13
Prentiss	4733	82	101	15
Quitman	1069	28	0	0
Rankin	22110	392	492	69
Scott	4740	98	117	19
Sharkey	642	20	45	8
Simpson	4467	116	163	20
Smith	2672	51	72	8
Stone	3607	64	88	14
Sunflower	4248	105	124	20
Tallahatchie	2291	52	50	7
Tate	4636	111	80	19
Tippah	4727	81	120	14
Tishomingo	3623	92	103	28
Tunica	1605	39	19	3
Union	6085	94	132	23
Walthall	2195	64	69	14
Warren	6754	176	174	38
Washington	7459	161	202	41
Wayne	4408	72	80	13
Webster	2034	46	67	14
Wilkinson	1051	39	25	6
Winston	3153	91	131	39
Yalobusha	2375	47	82	22
Yazoo	4457	88	152	20
Total	503,666	10,059	11,286	2,091