Mississippi reported on Thursday its lowest number of new COVID-19 coronavirus cases for a 24-hour period since late December.

Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) officials reported Thursday that 1,661 new coronavirus cases were found between 3 p.m. Tuesday and 3 p.m. Wednesday.

The new cases reported Thursday bring the total number of cases found in the state since the pandemic began to 774,505.

MSDH reported 53 new deaths on Thursday, bringing the total death toll to 11,508.

Through Thursday, 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 Thursday to 4,355.

The 14-day, daily average of new cases dropped to 4,455 with Thursday’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 8	Total LTC Facility Deaths As of February 8
Adams	7004	139	92	20
Alcorn	9670	138	131	20
Amite	3145	64	58	10
Attala	4741	104	194	36
Benton	2233	46	47	10
Bolivar	9006	162	252	33
Calhoun	4491	57	44	7
Carroll	2499	48	53	12
Chickasaw	5409	87	63	15
Choctaw	2031	28	13	0
Claiborne	2113	45	45	9
Clarke	4104	101	131	32
Clay	4898	90	41	5
Coahoma	6335	119	138	14
Copiah	6988	103	109	15
Covington	6939	102	185	39
De Soto	48821	506	131	27
Forrest	21474	289	365	62
Franklin	1893	35	47	5
George	6974	81	82	9
Greene	3119	53	81	6
Grenada	5413	123	155	32
Hancock	11939	146	145	22
Harrison	51829	621	703	84
Hinds	51219	726	862	140
Holmes	4311	103	121	21
Humphreys	1985	41	36	9
Issaquena	257	9	0	0
Itawamba	7234	133	134	24
Jackson	36182	423	407	43
Jasper	4691	69	46	2
Jefferson	1463	36	41	7
Jefferson Davis	2803	47	16	1
Jones	20747	274	329	46
Kemper	2124	45	50	10
Lafayette	14781	171	202	57
Lamar	16879	148	67	12
Lauderdale	18244	342	499	108
Lawrence	3494	48	28	2
Leake	6113	106	103	17
Lee	26008	276	225	43
Leflore	7240	160	268	58
Lincoln	8087	153	213	44
Lowndes	17213	218	306	69
Madison	23381	307	416	72
Marion	6828	129	173	25
Marshall	9738	160	69	17
Monroe	10709	202	192	55
Montgomery	2880	67	90	14
Neshoba	10163	224	232	61
Newton	5791	92	89	16
Noxubee	2690	47	42	6
Oktibbeha	10834	154	272	40
Panola	10252	154	103	15
Pearl River	14742	258	263	42
Perry	2989	61	41	9
Pike	9167	171	178	44
Pontotoc	10048	127	88	13
Prentiss	7916	96	102	15
Quitman	1548	30	0	0
Rankin	35556	451	509	69
Scott	6417	107	119	19
Sharkey	931	22	45	8
Simpson	6816	137	176	20
Smith	3963	66	80	8
Stone	5279	69	109	14
Sunflower	5686	116	136	21
Tallahatchie	3147	58	50	7
Tate	7128	133	80	19
Tippah	7094	103	120	14
Tishomingo	5979	115	104	28
Tunica	2474	43	20	4
Union	9298	110	133	23
Walthall	3486	75	69	14
Warren	9918	191	177	38
Washington	9963	184	224	42
Wayne	5845	83	84	13
Webster	3055	59	66	14
Wilkinson	1770	44	25	6
Winston	5011	98	136	39
Yalobusha	3983	51	84	22
Yazoo	7887	99	152	20
Total	774,505	11,508	12,306	2,143