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The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 737 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, six of them in Lauderdale County.

The state total increased to 93,310 since the Department of Health began tracking cases in March, 2,044 of those cases have been in Lauderdale County.

The state reported four new COVID-19 related deaths on Thursday, one of which occurred on Aug. 14 and was identified from a Tennessee death certificate.

The state has reported 2,874 COVID-19 related deaths since March, with Lauderdale County reporting 125.

Of the new cases, 40 of them were identified among residents in long-term-care facilities. Two of the additional deaths were from long-term-care facilities.

There are now 129 active outbreaks of COVOID-19 in those facilities. An outbreak is considered any confirmed COVID-19 case among residents, or more than one case in a 14-day period among staff or employees of a facility.

Clarke County reported 11 new cases on Thursday for a total of 581 and Neshoba County reported three new cases for a total of 1,559. There were no new cases win Kemper County or Newton County, which have totals of 288 and 767.

The state presumes 85,327 people have recovered from COVID-19 since March.

Cumulative Cases and Deaths by County

Totals of all reported COVID-19 cases for 2020, including those in long-term care (LTC) facilities.

The numbers in this table are provisional. County case numbers and deaths may change as investigation finds new or additional information. The data provided below is the most current available.

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	930	37	48	13
Alcorn	791	11	18	2
Amite	325	10	14	2
Attala	654	25	90	20
Benton	225	2	4	0
Bolivar	1823	66	204	26
Calhoun	513	12	25	4
Carroll	315	12	45	9
Chickasaw	670	24	44	13
Choctaw	181	6	1	0
Claiborne	462	16	43	9
Clarke	581	45	75	23
Clay	589	18	17	3
Coahoma	1150	28	83	3
Copiah	1171	33	51	4
Covington	819	22	32	7
De Soto	5521	59	68	13
Forrest	2455	71	172	40
Franklin	192	3	4	1
George	765	13	34	6
Greene	366	17	38	6
Grenada	1077	36	105	20
Hancock	577	21	9	4
Harrison	3829	73	239	31
Hinds	7063	159	428	65
Holmes	1095	58	101	20
Humphreys	376	15	21	6
Issaquena	104	3		0
Itawamba	794	21	80	16
Jackson	3456	70	77	7
Jasper	568	15	1	0
Jefferson	244	9	12	3
Jefferson Davis	339	11	3	1
Jones	2468	79	182	37
Kemper	288	15	39	9
Lafayette	2154	39	122	28
Lamar	1675	34	27	11
Lauderdale	2044	125	260	73
Lawrence	431	12	26	2
Leake	953	38	25	5
Lee	2683	68	155	30
Leflore	1395	81	190	45
Lincoln	1083	53	142	32
Lowndes	1526	58	98	33
Madison	3265	86	238	45
Marion	857	35	74	9
Marshall	1092	17	31	6
Monroe	1221	68	167	51
Montgomery	459	20	49	9
Neshoba	1559	104	115	37
Newton	767	23	38	8
Noxubee	548	16	20	4
Oktibbeha	1773	50	189	31
Panola	1463	28	13	2
Pearl River	873	53	72	20
Perry	419	18	20	7
Pike	1230	50	82	23
Pontotoc	1259	16	17	1
Prentiss	844	17	48	3
Quitman	372	5		0
Rankin	3256	77	155	18
Scott	1173	27	21	3
Sharkey	265	13	43	8
Simpson	1025	44	105	19
Smith	531	14	54	8
Stone	370	12	47	8
Sunflower	1445	46	72	11
Tallahatchie	763	21	29	6
Tate	976	37	33	13
Tippah	665	17	6	0
Tishomingo	672	38	96	26
Tunica	483	13	13	2
Union	993	24	46	11
Walthall	598	25	67	13
Warren	1402	50	119	24
Washington	2219	72	118	23
Wayne	894	21	59	10
Webster	336	13	52	11
Wilkinson	303	18	20	5
Winston	737	19	40	11
Yalobusha	428	14	35	7
Yazoo	1055	30	68	12
Total	95,310	2,874	5,923	1,187

–Mississippi State Department of Health