Mississippi’s spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus continued to decline Wednesday with the latest data released from state health officials.

Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) officials reported Wednesday that 1,062 new coronavirus cases were found between 3 p.m. Monday and 3 p.m. Tuesday.

The new cases reported Wednesday bring the total number of cases found in the state since the pandemic began to 783,751.

MSDH reported 75 new deaths on Wednesday, bringing the total death toll to 11,772.

Through Wednesday, 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 Wednesday to 1,559.

The 14-day, daily average of new cases dropped to 3,297 with Wednesday’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	7055	140	92	20
Alcorn	9789	143	132	20
Amite	3193	65	58	10
Attala	5175	106	197	37
Benton	2240	48	47	10
Bolivar	9114	168	264	33
Calhoun	4543	60	44	7
Carroll	2534	49	53	12
Chickasaw	5485	92	63	15
Choctaw	2097	31	13	0
Claiborne	2123	46	45	9
Clarke	4162	103	131	32
Clay	4915	92	42	5
Coahoma	6395	119	138	14
Copiah	7046	109	109	15
Covington	6997	104	186	40
De Soto	49484	524	131	27
Forrest	21731	295	367	65
Franklin	1909	36	47	5
George	7072	82	93	9
Greene	3152	54	82	6
Grenada	5454	125	155	32
Hancock	12044	146	146	23
Harrison	52717	635	722	87
Hinds	51564	742	874	140
Holmes	4390	104	133	21
Humphreys	2003	44	36	10
Issaquena	258	9	0	0
Itawamba	7295	136	134	24
Jackson	36494	431	412	44
Jasper	4744	70	46	2
Jefferson	1467	37	41	7
Jefferson Davis	2823	49	16	1
Jones	20942	280	337	46
Kemper	2142	45	50	10
Lafayette	14943	173	202	57
Lamar	17149	150	69	12
Lauderdale	18491	352	500	108
Lawrence	3532	51	28	2
Leake	6303	110	103	17
Lee	26216	283	225	43
Leflore	7274	164	269	59
Lincoln	8183	154	213	44
Lowndes	17359	222	306	69
Madison	23669	314	417	72
Marion	6889	129	173	25
Marshall	9804	167	69	17
Monroe	10838	204	192	55
Montgomery	2916	70	91	15
Neshoba	10323	227	232	61
Newton	5890	93	89	16
Noxubee	2702	48	42	6
Oktibbeha	10984	157	272	40
Panola	10305	158	103	15
Pearl River	14867	261	264	42
Perry	3015	63	42	9
Pike	9359	174	178	44
Pontotoc	10131	131	89	13
Prentiss	8070	98	102	15
Quitman	1554	31	0	0
Rankin	35961	462	510	69
Scott	6449	111	120	19
Sharkey	939	23	45	8
Simpson	6875	139	181	20
Smith	4045	66	80	8
Stone	5331	70	110	14
Sunflower	5705	116	136	21
Tallahatchie	3161	59	50	7
Tate	7208	138	80	19
Tippah	7153	104	120	14
Tishomingo	6041	118	104	28
Tunica	2497	44	20	4
Union	9364	113	133	23
Walthall	3549	78	71	16
Warren	10128	195	176	38
Washington	10074	188	227	42
Wayne	5895	84	86	13
Webster	3178	64	66	14
Wilkinson	1786	44	25	6
Winston	5118	100	136	39
Yalobusha	4023	51	84	22
Yazoo	7957	102	152	20
Total	783,751	11,772	12,418	2,158