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The Mississippi State Department of Health reported on Wednesday 47 new cases of COVID-19 in Lauderdale County and no additional deaths, bringing the county’s totals to 2,546 cases and 135 deaths since March.

Gov. Tate Reeves announced new COVID-19 safety measures for seven counties in the state on Monday. The counties include Leake, Jones, Harrison, Madison, Marshall, Carroll and Benton. Reeves had placed restrictions on nine other counties on Oct. 19, including Neshoba County, so there are now 16 counties on the list.

In these counties, indoor social gatherings must be limited to 10 people and outdoor social gatherings must be limited to 50. People in the counties have to wear a mask when they are indoors and interacting with the public, but cannot social distance.

The Mississippi State Department of Health reported on Wednesday 1,000 new COVID-19 cases and 19 additional deaths statewide, bringing the state’s totals to 117,617 cases and 3,302 deaths since Mississippi began tracking the virus in March.

Of the additional deaths the department reported on Monday, 13 occurred between October 15 and 27, and six occurred between August 19 and October 20.

In Newton County, four new cases were reported; the county has had a total of 872 cases. No new deaths were reported; the county has had 27 COVID-19 related deaths since March.

In Kemper County, six new cases were reported; 333 cases have been reported since March. No new deaths were reported; 15 deaths have been reported since March.

Clarke County reported seven new cases, leading to a total of 770 cases. No new deaths were reported; the county has had 53 COVID-19 related deaths since March.

In Neshoba County, seven new cases were reported, bringing the case total to 1,868. No new deaths were reported; 111 deaths have been reported since March.

The Department of Health presumes 101,385 people have recovered from COVID-19. The department also reported that there are 132 ongoing outbreaks of COVID-19 in long-term-care facilities. 

Mayor Percy Bland announced last week that the City of Meridian’s mask mandate will remain in effect for the foreseeable future.

Case count

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	1094	45	64	14
Alcorn	1045	12	25	2
Amite	428	13	15	2
Attala	805	27	91	20
Benton	367	10	37	5
Bolivar	2039	79	219	30
Calhoun	633	13	25	4
Carroll	503	12	45	9
Chickasaw	867	27	47	14
Choctaw	209	6	1	0
Claiborne	539	16	43	9
Clarke	770	53	93	27
Clay	710	22	19	3
Coahoma	1258	37	89	7
Copiah	1393	36	72	7
Covington	988	29	58	12
De Soto	7285	80	80	16
Forrest	3118	78	176	41
Franklin	251	3	4	1
George	1017	19	36	6
Greene	481	18	40	6
Grenada	1229	39	113	21
Hancock	868	28	48	6
Harrison	5491	85	275	33
Hinds	8050	179	470	79
Holmes	1150	60	102	20
Humphreys	451	17	21	6
Issaquena	107	4	0	0
Itawamba	1172	26	87	17
Jackson	4800	88	102	8
Jasper	696	17	1	0
Jefferson	279	10	13	3
Jefferson Davis	421	12	8	1
Jones	2966	84	186	38
Kemper	333	15	41	9
Lafayette	2550	43	124	29
Lamar	2319	40	40	11
Lauderdale	2546	135	261	74
Lawrence	544	14	26	2
Leake	1163	42	42	7
Lee	3665	82	181	37
Leflore	1706	88	193	47
Lincoln	1433	59	162	35
Lowndes	1819	62	102	33
Madison	3861	94	238	45
Marion	959	43	92	14
Marshall	1484	30	54	12
Monroe	1538	73	170	52
Montgomery	558	23	52	9
Neshoba	1868	111	130	39
Newton	872	27	40	9
Noxubee	602	17	20	4
Oktibbeha	2048	55	193	31
Panola	1720	40	60	8
Pearl River	1163	60	94	23
Perry	524	23	20	7
Pike	1406	56	98	27
Pontotoc	1506	20	18	2
Prentiss	1092	20	48	3
Quitman	423	6	0	0
Rankin	4046	86	181	23
Scott	1270	29	21	3
Sharkey	287	15	43	8
Simpson	1231	49	117	19
Smith	602	16	54	8
Stone	491	14	55	9
Sunflower	1643	49	83	14
Tallahatchie	855	26	29	7
Tate	1210	39	53	13
Tippah	949	24	61	1
Tishomingo	827	41	96	26
Tunica	537	17	15	2
Union	1258	25	46	11
Walthall	644	27	67	13
Warren	1561	56	125	26
Washington	2627	100	176	38
Wayne	1027	22	59	10
Webster	378	13	52	11
Wilkinson	342	21	20	5
Winston	852	21	43	11
Yalobusha	564	16	71	8
Yazoo	1234	34	95	13
Total	117,617	3,302	6,766	1,315