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Efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 in Mississippi are working, Gov. Tate Reeves told the public in a news conference Monday.

“What you are doing back home is making a tremendous difference,” he said. “We cannot stop now. We cannot let our guard down.”

The state’s 7-day rolling average peaked on July 30 with 1,361 cases and dropped about 30 percent to 932 cases, Reeves said.

State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs reported that 22 schools in Mississippi had confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 19 students and 15 employees testing positive. 

He said that 49 Mississippi lawmakers have also tested positive for the coronavirus since an outbreak began last month.

Dobbs shared his concerns about social activity in college towns driving up cases.

“That’s really probably where our greatest vulnerability is, not in the college classrooms, but in the college towns where folks are doing social things that spread the virus,” Dobbs said.

The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 476 new cases of COVID-19 and 16 additional deaths Monday, for a total of 67,649 cases and 1,912 deaths statewide.

Nine of the deaths occurred between July 13 and August 2, and were identified from death certificate reports.

Lauderdale County reported no new cases, but as of the latest update, MSDH reported 1,411 cases and 92 deaths.

Records show one new case of COVID-19 in Kemper County for a total of 234 cases and 14 deaths, no new cases in Neshoba County for a total of 1,286 cases and 92 deaths and one new case in Newton County for a total of 543 cases and 11 deaths.

Clarke County has 327 confirmed cases and 26 deaths.

As of the latest update, there are 175 active outbreaks at long-term care facilities in Mississippi.

MSDH reported cumulative totals for six ongoing outbreaks at nursing and personal care homes in East Mississippi as of August 6.

Lakeside Health and Rehabilitation Center in Clarke County reported eight cases among residents and one case among staff.

Aldersgate Retirement Community in Meridian reported five cases among staff.

Diversicare of Meridian reported one case among residents and two cases among staff.

James T. Champion Nursing Facility in Meridian reported two cases among staff.

In Neshoba County, Hilltop Manor Health and Rehabilitation Center reported 12 deaths among residents, 44 cases among residents and 11 cases among staff.

Neshoba County Nursing Home reported one case among residents and four cases among staff.

Records show the number of Mississippi residents hospitalized with COVID-19 has dropped to 932, with another 142 patients hospitalized with suspected infection. 

As of Sunday, Anderson Regional Medical Center had one available adult ICU bed out of 29 and 30 COVID-19 patients, including 12 adults in the ICU, according to state data.

Rush Foundation Hospital had three available adults ICU beds out of 23 and 17 COVID-19 patients, including seven adults in the ICU.

Bill Graham contributed reporting.

Cases and Deaths by County

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	629	25	46	12
Alcorn	434	5	8	1
Amite	235	6	14	2
Attala	523	25	89	20
Benton	143	1	2	0
Bolivar	1118	34	48	9
Calhoun	420	9	23	4
Carroll	261	11	45	9
Chickasaw	470	19	35	11
Choctaw	135	4	0	0
Claiborne	409	13	43	9
Clarke	326	26	19	9
Clay	397	14	2	1
Coahoma	772	13	34	2
Copiah	957	28	30	4
Covington	621	13	4	1
De Soto	3680	31	45	7
Forrest	1820	56	101	32
Franklin	131	2	3	1
George	589	5	5	0
Greene	255	12	35	6
Grenada	849	21	76	12
Hancock	395	14	8	4
Harrison	2530	36	146	15
Hinds	5656	118	266	53
Holmes	900	49	97	20
Humphreys	294	11	20	6
Issaquena	26	2	0	0
Itawamba	375	10	34	7
Jackson	2288	43	68	7
Jasper	388	9	1	0
Jefferson	195	7	8	2
Jefferson Davis	233	6	3	1
Jones	1916	59	170	35
Kemper	234	14	38	9
Lafayette	983	17	88	13
Lamar	1226	14	8	3
Lauderdale	1411	92	210	56
Lawrence	322	8	13	1
Leake	790	25	4	0
Lee	1479	41	83	15
Leflore	947	65	184	44
Lincoln	832	41	124	28
Lowndes	1085	38	76	21
Madison	2443	68	192	36
Marion	684	20	47	5
Marshall	701	9	16	1
Monroe	801	55	146	44
Montgomery	326	5	0	0
Neshoba	1286	92	108	35
Newton	543	11	7	1
Noxubee	459	12	17	4
Oktibbeha	1127	39	177	26
Panola	1062	14	7	1
Pearl River	554	39	57	15
Perry	243	7	0	0
Pike	938	36	73	17
Pontotoc	830	8	5	1
Prentiss	417	10	25	3
Quitman	270	1	0	0
Rankin	2292	35	96	10
Scott	1003	20	15	3
Sharkey	199	5	42	4
Simpson	803	30	37	14
Smith	406	13	54	8
Stone	205	5	23	2
Sunflower	1054	25	15	3
Tallahatchie	530	11	7	2
Tate	736	29	33	12
Tippah	367	13	1	0
Tishomingo	421	6	33	0
Tunica	351	7	12	2
Union	643	16	33	8
Walthall	501	20	64	10
Warren	1095	33	94	16
Washington	1689	42	56	13
Wayne	774	21	57	10
Webster	235	12	52	11
Wilkinson	211	13	8	3
Winston	623	16	40	11
Yalobusha	315	10	35	7
Yazoo	833	12	27	2
Total	67,649	1,912	4,067	832