Mississippi continued to see declining numbers of new COVID-19 coronavirus cases Tuesday as state health officials added another 109 additional deaths to the pandemic’s death toll in the Magnolia State.

Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) officials reported Tuesday that 4,249 new coronavirus cases were found in the 24-hour period ending 3 p.m. Monday.

The new cases reported Tuesday bring the total number of cases found in the state since the pandemic began to 731,667.

MSDH reported 109 new deaths on Tuesday, bringing the total death toll to 11,044.

The high number of deaths reported Tuesday came with this explanation from MSDH officials:

A recent internal review of death certificate data identified additional potential COVID-19 associated deaths from January 2022 that had not been previously identified. The MSDH Office of Epidemiology is currently reviewing these deaths to determine their status as COVID-19 associated. This may result in increased additional deaths being reported over the next several days. Today’s report includes 90 additional deaths in January not previously reported, with date of deaths ranging from January 1, 2022 to January 23, 2022, and with 82% of the newly reported deaths occurring between January 5 and January 17.

Through Monday, 50 percent of the total Mississippi population has been fully vaccinated. The number of fully vaccinated Mississippians remains below the U.S. average of 64 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 Monday to 4,666.

The 14-day, daily average of new cases dropped to 5,327 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.

Long-term care data below is now being updated weekly.

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases as of January 27	Total LTC Facility Deaths as of January 27
Adams	6360	132	90	18
Alcorn	9197	129	131	20
Amite	2939	61	57	9
Attala	4407	98	194	36
Benton	2056	44	47	10
Bolivar	8498	158	252	33
Calhoun	4288	55	44	7
Carroll	2416	46	52	11
Chickasaw	5085	83	62	15
Choctaw	1900	28	13	0
Claiborne	2056	42	46	9
Clarke	3898	97	132	32
Clay	4702	87	41	5
Coahoma	6001	118	138	14
Copiah	6389	100	109	15
Covington	6659	98	164	39
De Soto	46644	488	131	27
Forrest	20081	275	359	61
Franklin	1781	34	47	5
George	6663	81	75	9
Greene	2864	50	74	6
Grenada	5138	120	155	32
Hancock	11033	142	143	22
Harrison	47564	593	646	83
Hinds	49786	704	861	140
Holmes	4171	97	120	21
Humphreys	1873	40	35	9
Issaquena	241	8	0	0
Itawamba	6872	120	135	24
Jackson	34362	404	388	41
Jasper	4454	67	46	2
Jefferson	1368	35	41	7
Jefferson Davis	2662	44	16	1
Jones	19756	262	304	46
Kemper	2052	43	50	10
Lafayette	13765	164	202	57
Lamar	15942	144	66	12
Lauderdale	17483	330	499	108
Lawrence	3274	46	28	2
Leake	5717	98	103	17
Lee	24877	265	225	43
Leflore	7045	151	268	56
Lincoln	7453	144	210	41
Lowndes	16046	215	306	69
Madison	22394	297	416	72
Marion	6560	127	173	24
Marshall	9027	154	69	17
Monroe	9918	191	192	55
Montgomery	2789	64	83	13
Neshoba	9702	217	232	61
Newton	5461	90	89	15
Noxubee	2595	46	42	6
Oktibbeha	9878	146	272	40
Panola	9646	144	103	15
Pearl River	13986	250	244	42
Perry	2823	57	41	9
Pike	8395	164	178	44
Pontotoc	9386	123	88	13
Prentiss	7451	91	101	15
Quitman	1488	29	0	0
Rankin	33560	439	503	69
Scott	6229	105	119	19
Sharkey	880	22	45	8
Simpson	6311	130	171	20
Smith	3711	61	80	8
Stone	5033	67	100	14
Sunflower	5523	112	134	21
Tallahatchie	2996	54	50	7
Tate	6710	129	80	19
Tippah	6417	94	120	14
Tishomingo	5542	105	103	28
Tunica	2395	41	19	3
Union	8734	107	133	23
Walthall	3281	72	69	14
Warren	9474	187	175	38
Washington	9530	175	219	41
Wayne	5250	76	83	13
Webster	2868	54	66	14
Wilkinson	1733	41	25	6
Winston	4767	97	135	39
Yalobusha	3752	50	84	22
Yazoo	7654	96	152	20
Total	731,667	11,044	12,093	2,125