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The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 713 COVID-19 cases and 14 new deaths on Tuesday. 

Twenty-seven new cases were reported in Lauderdale County, bringing the total to 2255 cases. In Lauderdale County, 128 related deaths have been reported since the state began tracking the virus in March.

In Newton County, four new cases were reported, bringing the total to 824. No new deaths were reported;   27 deaths have been reported since March. 

In Kemper County, one new case was reported, bringing the total to 309 cases. No new deaths were reported; 15 deaths have been reported since March. 

Clarke County reported 27 new cases, bringing the total to 674 cases. No new deaths were reported; 48 deaths have been reported since March. 

In Neshoba County,27 new cases were reported, bringing the case total to 1754 cases. No new deaths were reported but 109 deaths have been reported since March.

The state totals increased on Monday to 105,941 cases and 3,115 deaths since March.

The Department of Health presumes 94,165 people have recovered from COVID-19.

There are 128 ongoing outbreaks of COVID-19 in long-term-care facilities.

Case count

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	1002	41	51	13
Alcorn	901	12	18	2
Amite	380	12	15	2
Attala	711	25	90	20
Benton	280	4	14	0
Bolivar	1959	75	217	30
Calhoun	574	12	25	4
Carroll	343	12	45	9
Chickasaw	786	24	44	13
Choctaw	198	6	1	0
Claiborne	523	16	43	9
Clarke	674	48	91	25
Clay	642	20	19	3
Coahoma	1211	34	86	6
Copiah	1291	35	70	6
Covington	883	25	34	10
De Soto	6238	75	73	15
Forrest	2845	76	175	41
Franklin	212	3	4	1
George	896	16	36	6
Greene	428	17	38	6
Grenada	1175	36	110	20
Hancock	701	27	26	6
Harrison	4471	80	255	32
Hinds	7497	167	456	72
Holmes	1120	60	101	20
Humphreys	388	16	21	6
Issaquena	106	3	0	0
Itawamba	1029	24	84	17
Jackson	4083	74	85	8
Jasper	644	16	1	0
Jefferson	255	10	13	3
Jefferson Davis	379	11	3	1
Jones	2720	81	183	37
Kemper	309	15	40	9
Lafayette	2362	42	123	28
Lamar	2012	37	32	11
Lauderdale	2255	128	261	74
Lawrence	474	14	26	2
Leake	1065	39	35	5
Lee	3239	78	179	36
Leflore	1547	83	192	46
Lincoln	1254	53	142	32
Lowndes	1693	60	98	33
Madison	3526	92	238	45
Marion	915	42	92	14
Marshall	1209	23	44	7
Monroe	1386	72	170	52
Montgomery	515	23	52	9
Neshoba	1754	109	130	38
Newton	824	27	39	9
Noxubee	584	16	20	4
Oktibbeha	1904	53	193	31
Panola	1608	35	26	5
Pearl River	1023	54	93	22
Perry	462	21	20	7
Pike	1303	55	97	27
Pontotoc	1402	18	16	1
Prentiss	960	19	48	3
Quitman	407	6	0	0
Rankin	3630	84	172	23
Scott	1202	29	21	3
Sharkey	271	14	43	8
Simpson	1156	48	117	19
Smith	572	15	54	8
Stone	424	14	55	9
Sunflower	1544	49	80	14
Tallahatchie	809	24	29	7
Tate	1096	39	50	13
Tippah	800	19	41	0
Tishomingo	761	40	96	26
Tunica	514	17	15	2
Union	1098	24	46	11
Walthall	619	27	67	13
Warren	1476	53	119	25
Washington	2422	91	159	35
Wayne	959	21	59	10
Webster	360	13	52	11
Wilkinson	318	19	20	5
Winston	794	21	40	11
Yalobusha	470	14	35	7
Yazoo	1109	33	77	12
Total	105,941	3,115	6,380	1,265

The city of Meridian’s mask mandate remains in effect through the end of October.