The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 696 new COVID-19 cases and 10 related deaths on Thursday.

Twelve of the new cases were in Lauderdale County, which has a total of 2,078 COVID-19 cases and 126 related deaths since the state began tracking the virus in March.

The state totals increased to 98,886 cases and 2,979 deaths since March.

The Department of Health presumes 89,737 people have recovered from COVID-19.

Included in the new totals are 35 new cases and one death identified among residents in long-term-care facilities. There are 121 ongoing outbreaks of COVID-19 in long-term-care facilities.

Lauderdale County has had 260 COVID-19 cases and 73 related deaths in long-term-care facilities.

Neshoba County reported 21 new cases on Thursday for a total of 1,620; Clarke County four new cases for a total of 615; Newton County two new cases for a total of 783; and Kemper County no new cases for a total of 291.

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	956	38	48	13
Alcorn	842	11	18	2
Amite	342	10	15	2
Attala	684	25	90	20
Benton	238	3	4	0
Bolivar	1882	71	218	28
Calhoun	534	12	25	4
Carroll	332	12	45	9
Chickasaw	701	24	44	13
Choctaw	187	6	1	0
Claiborne	465	16	43	9
Clarke	615	49	87	26
Clay	601	20	19	3
Coahoma	1178	30	86	4
Copiah	1216	33	61	4
Covington	834	23	33	8
De Soto	5724	66	74	13
Forrest	2568	75	175	41
Franklin	201	3	4	1
George	803	13	34	6
Greene	396	17	38	6
Grenada	1107	36	108	20
Hancock	607	22	14	4
Harrison	3965	75	255	31
Hinds	7227	161	439	65
Holmes	1104	60	101	20
Humphreys	379	15	21	6
Issaquena	106	3	0	0
Itawamba	876	21	84	16
Jackson	3643	70	77	7
Jasper	587	15	1	0
Jefferson	243	9	12	3
Jefferson Davis	346	11	3	1
Jones	2546	81	183	37
Kemper	291	15	39	9
Lafayette	2228	40	123	28
Lamar	1802	37	28	11
Lauderdale	2090	126	260	73
Lawrence	439	14	26	2
Leake	969	38	25	5
Lee	2967	73	172	33
Leflore	1443	82	191	45
Lincoln	1127	53	142	32
Lowndes	1621	58	98	33
Madison	3363	90	238	45
Marion	883	37	88	13
Marshall	1121	22	31	6
Monroe	1268	69	169	51
Montgomery	475	20	49	9
Neshoba	1620	104	115	37
Newton	783	24	39	8
Noxubee	562	16	20	4
Oktibbeha	1828	52	189	31
Panola	1525	31	15	3
Pearl River	916	53	71	20
Perry	436	21	19	7
Pike	1251	54	97	27
Pontotoc	1307	16	17	1
Prentiss	889	19	48	3
Quitman	393	5	0	0
Rankin	3401	80	173	22
Scott	1182	27	21	3
Sharkey	267	14	43	8
Simpson	1065	47	107	19
Smith	552	15	54	8
Stone	384	13	48	8
Sunflower	1497	46	77	11
Tallahatchie	786	24	29	7
Tate	1020	38	44	13
Tippah	720	18	39	0
Tishomingo	715	39	96	26
Tunica	500	15	15	2
Union	1013	24	46	11
Walthall	605	26	67	13
Warren	1423	50	119	24
Washington	2292	80	123	26
Wayne	918	21	59	10
Webster	340	13	52	11
Wilkinson	309	18	20	5
Winston	749	19	40	11
Yalobusha	449	14	35	7
Yazoo	1067	33	71	12
Total	98,886	2,979	6,147	1,215

–Mississippi State Department of Health