Mississippi reported on Monday the highest weekend total of new COVID-19 coronavirus cases in three weeks with more than 16,000 new cases and dozens more deaths.

Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) officials reported Monday that 16,595 new coronavirus cases were found between 3 p.m. Thursday and 3 p.m. Sunday.

The new cases reported Monday bring the total number of cases found in the state since the pandemic began to 768,457.

MSDH reported 35 new deaths on Monday, bringing the total death toll to 11,285.

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 rose Monday to 5,863.

The 14-day, daily average of new cases rose to 5,312 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 As of February 1	Total LTC Facility Deaths As of February 1
Adams	6946	133	91	19
Alcorn	9571	136	131	20
Amite	3119	61	58	10
Attala	4721	98	194	36
Benton	2228	46	47	10
Bolivar	8892	160	252	33
Calhoun	4461	56	44	7
Carroll	2485	48	53	12
Chickasaw	5374	85	63	15
Choctaw	2021	28	13	0
Claiborne	2103	45	46	9
Clarke	4076	98	131	32
Clay	4869	89	41	5
Coahoma	6297	119	138	14
Copiah	6927	101	109	15
Covington	6871	99	166	39
De Soto	48441	495	131	27
Forrest	21268	283	364	61
Franklin	1862	35	47	5
George	6917	81	76	9
Greene	3089	51	74	6
Grenada	5375	122	155	32
Hancock	11828	145	143	22
Harrison	51319	604	681	83
Hinds	51024	714	862	140
Holmes	4298	98	121	21
Humphreys	1974	40	36	9
Issaquena	255	9	0	0
Itawamba	7170	127	135	24
Jackson	35877	410	399	43
Jasper	4665	67	46	2
Jefferson	1455	35	41	7
Jefferson Davis	2741	46	16	1
Jones	20604	267	321	46
Kemper	2108	44	50	10
Lafayette	14587	170	202	57
Lamar	16709	145	66	12
Lauderdale	18102	337	499	108
Lawrence	3449	46	28	2
Leake	6073	105	103	17
Lee	25815	271	225	43
Leflore	7227	157	269	57
Lincoln	8018	150	211	43
Lowndes	17070	216	306	69
Madison	23264	303	416	72
Marion	6789	128	173	24
Marshall	9695	157	69	17
Monroe	10606	197	192	55
Montgomery	2862	67	90	14
Neshoba	10070	221	232	61
Newton	5738	92	89	16
Noxubee	2676	47	42	6
Oktibbeha	10739	151	272	40
Panola	10191	150	103	15
Pearl River	14613	253	249	42
Perry	2959	58	41	9
Pike	9074	168	178	44
Pontotoc	9937	125	88	13
Prentiss	7829	95	102	15
Quitman	1542	29	0	0
Rankin	35347	447	508	69
Scott	6398	106	119	19
Sharkey	926	21	45	8
Simpson	6743	134	172	20
Smith	3921	65	80	8
Stone	5251	67	106	14
Sunflower	5667	114	136	21
Tallahatchie	3128	55	50	7
Tate	7098	131	80	19
Tippah	7025	101	120	14
Tishomingo	5883	109	103	28
Tunica	2462	43	20	4
Union	9230	109	133	23
Walthall	3448	72	69	14
Warren	9890	191	175	38
Washington	9844	181	224	42
Wayne	5808	79	83	13
Webster	3020	58	66	14
Wilkinson	1756	43	25	6
Winston	4935	98	135	39
Yalobusha	3953	50	84	22
Yazoo	7859	98	152	20
Total	768,457	11,285	12,205	2,137