Mississippi’s number of new COVID-19 coronavirus cases continued to drop across the state, but state health officials warn the virus is still spreading at high numbers.

Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) officials reported Friday that 2,212 new coronavirus cases were found between 3 p.m. Tuesday and 3 p.m. Wednesday.

The new cases reported Friday bring the total number of cases found in the state since the pandemic began to 776,717.

“Our case numbers are coming down,” Mississippi State Epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers said Friday. “We are still in high levels of community transmission, throughout all of Mississippi.

“We’re on the downward trend, but there’s still a lot of transmission out there, there’s still a lot of cases out there,” Byers said.

MSDH reported 50 new deaths on Friday, bringing the total death toll to 11,558.

Through Friday, 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 Friday to 3,552.

The 14-day, daily average of new cases dropped to 4,219 with Friday’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	7015	139	92	20
Alcorn	9702	139	131	20
Amite	3155	64	58	10
Attala	4804	105	194	36
Benton	2234	46	47	10
Bolivar	9014	164	251	33
Calhoun	4496	58	44	7
Carroll	2512	48	53	12
Chickasaw	5420	88	63	15
Choctaw	2051	30	13	0
Claiborne	2115	45	45	9
Clarke	4117	101	131	32
Clay	4902	90	42	5
Coahoma	6337	119	138	14
Copiah	7006	104	109	15
Covington	6957	102	185	39
De Soto	48924	514	131	27
Forrest	21572	290	366	62
Franklin	1894	35	47	5
George	6990	81	82	9
Greene	3131	53	81	6
Grenada	5426	123	155	32
Hancock	11947	146	146	23
Harrison	52000	623	720	85
Hinds	51378	729	862	140
Holmes	4327	103	121	21
Humphreys	1991	41	36	9
Issaquena	257	9	0	0
Itawamba	7242	134	134	24
Jackson	36225	423	407	44
Jasper	4700	69	46	2
Jefferson	1463	36	41	7
Jefferson Davis	2809	47	16	1
Jones	20827	275	336	46
Kemper	2129	45	50	10
Lafayette	14822	172	202	57
Lamar	16981	148	69	12
Lauderdale	18289	344	500	108
Lawrence	3509	48	28	2
Leake	6137	106	103	17
Lee	26057	276	225	43
Leflore	7247	160	268	58
Lincoln	8108	153	213	44
Lowndes	17239	219	306	69
Madison	23494	310	416	72
Marion	6840	129	173	25
Marshall	9750	161	69	17
Monroe	10749	204	192	55
Montgomery	2884	68	90	14
Neshoba	10187	224	232	61
Newton	5804	92	89	16
Noxubee	2690	47	42	6
Oktibbeha	10852	154	272	40
Panola	10265	154	103	15
Pearl River	14776	259	264	42
Perry	2994	62	41	9
Pike	9208	171	178	44
Pontotoc	10061	127	89	13
Prentiss	7939	96	102	15
Quitman	1548	30	0	0
Rankin	35740	451	510	69
Scott	6432	109	120	19
Sharkey	935	23	45	8
Simpson	6831	138	179	20
Smith	3995	66	80	8
Stone	5287	69	110	14
Sunflower	5686	116	136	21
Tallahatchie	3151	59	50	7
Tate	7156	135	80	19
Tippah	7117	103	120	14
Tishomingo	6008	115	104	28
Tunica	2480	43	20	4
Union	9305	111	133	23
Walthall	3499	77	69	14
Warren	9962	191	177	38
Washington	9991	185	225	42
Wayne	5854	83	86	13
Webster	3077	59	66	14
Wilkinson	1771	44	25	6
Winston	5026	99	136	39
Yalobusha	3997	51	84	22
Yazoo	7918	99	152	20
Total	776,717	11,558	12,346	2,146