The spike of new COVID-19 coronavirus cases in Mississippi slowly continued to trend downward Tuesday, state health statistics indicate.

Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) officials reported Tuesday that 4,909 new coronavirus cases were found in the 24-hour period that ended at 3 p.m. Monday.

Since January 1, 155,265 cases have been officially logged, though the number is likely much higher due to at-home tests typically not being reported to the state health department.

To put the rapid spread in perspective,  statistically, 1 in every 19 Mississippians has tested positive for the virus since the start of January.

The new cases reported Tuesday bring the total number of cases found in the state since the pandemic began to 699,002.

Although health experts say the omicron variant tends to require less hospital care than previous variants, the massive number of new cases in this wave is still causing hospitalizations to grow rapidly.

Through Monday, 1,447 patients were hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19, the state health department reported. At the peak during last summer’s delta variant wave hospitalizations hit a high mark of 1,667 on August 19, 2021.

MSDH reported 21 new deaths on Tuesday, bringing the total death toll to 10,755.

Through Tuesday, 50 percent of the total Mississippi population has been fully vaccinated. The number of fully vaccinated Mississippians remains below the U.S. average of 63 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 Tuesday to 5,988.

The 14-day, daily average of new cases dipped 6,445 with Tuesday’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	6037	125	90	18
Alcorn	8632	123	131	20
Amite	2801	59	57	9
Attala	4196	91	193	36
Benton	2001	43	47	10
Bolivar	8114	157	244	33
Calhoun	4108	52	44	7
Carroll	2341	43	52	11
Chickasaw	4850	80	62	15
Choctaw	1765	27	13	0
Claiborne	1981	42	46	9
Clarke	3731	96	132	32
Clay	4537	80	41	5
Coahoma	5715	116	138	14
Copiah	6159	97	109	15
Covington	6464	98	162	39
De Soto	44743	476	131	27
Forrest	18937	268	343	61
Franklin	1705	34	47	5
George	6507	81	75	9
Greene	2756	50	72	6
Grenada	4944	113	155	32
Hancock	10339	141	141	22
Harrison	45287	581	619	82
Hinds	48203	687	861	140
Holmes	3996	95	117	20
Humphreys	1779	39	35	9
Issaquena	235	7	0	0
Itawamba	6399	115	135	24
Jackson	33026	398	382	41
Jasper	4283	66	46	2
Jefferson	1336	35	41	7
Jefferson Davis	2570	43	15	1
Jones	18781	251	302	45
Kemper	1961	42	50	10
Lafayette	13119	158	202	57
Lamar	15140	142	66	12
Lauderdale	16599	326	499	108
Lawrence	3096	45	28	2
Leake	5477	93	103	17
Lee	23908	255	225	43
Leflore	6891	145	260	56
Lincoln	7045	142	210	41
Lowndes	15285	207	306	69
Madison	21534	290	416	72
Marion	6168	123	171	24
Marshall	8707	151	69	17
Monroe	9506	187	192	55
Montgomery	2686	61	82	12
Neshoba	9191	211	232	61
Newton	5061	86	89	15
Noxubee	2479	46	42	6
Oktibbeha	9390	143	272	40
Panola	9319	142	103	15
Pearl River	13069	248	241	42
Perry	2693	57	41	9
Pike	7961	161	178	44
Pontotoc	8911	118	88	13
Prentiss	7099	89	101	15
Quitman	1430	28	0	0
Rankin	31866	423	503	69
Scott	6052	101	119	19
Sharkey	829	21	45	8
Simpson	6069	123	171	20
Smith	3552	57	79	8
Stone	4719	67	100	14
Sunflower	5373	111	130	21
Tallahatchie	2854	54	50	7
Tate	6308	127	80	19
Tippah	6199	90	120	14
Tishomingo	5277	99	103	28
Tunica	2278	41	20	3
Union	8401	105	133	23
Walthall	3043	70	69	14
Warren	9204	184	175	38
Washington	9230	171	213	41
Wayne	5071	73	83	13
Webster	2732	51	66	14
Wilkinson	1689	41	25	6
Winston	4371	96	135	39
Yalobusha	3567	50	84	22
Yazoo	7335	95	152	20
Total	699,002	10,755	11,999	2,121