New cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus continued to fall Thursday to levels not seen since mid-December.

Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) officials reported Thursday that 587 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 784,338.

MSDH reported 18 new deaths on Thursday, bringing the total death toll to 11,790.

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 1,406. It was the lowest level since just after Christmas.

The 14-day, daily average of new cases dropped to 2,880 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 15	Total LTC Facility Deaths As of February 15
Adams	7063	140	92	20
Alcorn	9796	144	132	20
Amite	3195	65	58	10
Attala	5177	106	197	37
Benton	2245	48	47	10
Bolivar	9121	168	264	33
Calhoun	4544	60	44	7
Carroll	2534	49	53	12
Chickasaw	5489	92	63	15
Choctaw	2099	31	13	0
Claiborne	2126	46	45	9
Clarke	4168	103	131	32
Clay	4916	92	42	5
Coahoma	6397	119	138	14
Copiah	7049	109	109	15
Covington	6999	104	186	40
De Soto	49509	525	131	27
Forrest	21757	295	367	65
Franklin	1910	36	47	5
George	7078	82	93	9
Greene	3156	54	82	6
Grenada	5457	126	155	32
Hancock	12058	146	146	23
Harrison	52763	636	722	87
Hinds	51589	742	874	140
Holmes	4391	104	133	21
Humphreys	2003	44	36	10
Issaquena	260	9	0	0
Itawamba	7299	137	134	24
Jackson	36506	433	412	44
Jasper	4745	70	46	2
Jefferson	1467	37	41	7
Jefferson Davis	2824	50	16	1
Jones	20970	280	337	46
Kemper	2144	45	50	10
Lafayette	14960	173	202	57
Lamar	17177	150	69	12
Lauderdale	18521	352	500	108
Lawrence	3539	51	28	2
Leake	6306	110	103	17
Lee	26245	285	225	43
Leflore	7274	164	269	59
Lincoln	8195	154	213	44
Lowndes	17365	222	306	69
Madison	23681	314	417	72
Marion	6898	129	173	25
Marshall	9817	168	69	17
Monroe	10839	205	192	55
Montgomery	2916	70	91	15
Neshoba	10336	227	232	61
Newton	5898	93	89	16
Noxubee	2703	48	42	6
Oktibbeha	10994	157	272	40
Panola	10310	159	103	15
Pearl River	14881	262	264	42
Perry	3016	63	42	9
Pike	9368	174	178	44
Pontotoc	10132	131	89	13
Prentiss	8076	98	102	15
Quitman	1556	31	0	0
Rankin	35990	463	510	69
Scott	6451	111	120	19
Sharkey	941	23	45	8
Simpson	6878	139	181	20
Smith	4048	66	80	8
Stone	5333	70	110	14
Sunflower	5707	116	136	21
Tallahatchie	3161	60	50	7
Tate	7217	138	80	19
Tippah	7158	104	120	14
Tishomingo	6041	118	104	28
Tunica	2497	44	20	4
Union	9369	113	133	23
Walthall	3553	78	71	16
Warren	10128	195	176	38
Washington	10076	188	227	42
Wayne	5895	84	86	13
Webster	3188	65	66	14
Wilkinson	1786	44	25	6
Winston	5131	100	136	39
Yalobusha	4026	52	84	22
Yazoo	7957	102	152	20
Total	784,338	11,790	12,418	2,158