Mississippi reported on Tuesday 1,943 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 85 new COVID-19 related deaths, which is a record number of new deaths for the state.

The Mississippi State Department of Health has reported 210,032 cases of COVID-19 and 4,719 COVID-19 related deaths since March.

Lauderdale County reported 42 new cases on Tuesday, bringing the county’s total to 4,813 cases. The county reported three new deaths, which occurred between Dec. 15 and 28. A total of 171 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported in the county since March.

Dr. Anthony Fauci said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that the U.S. might see a post-holiday season surge in COVID-19. He described it as a “surge upon a surge,” as the U.S. has already been having having high case numbers, deaths and hospitalizations.

COVID-19 case and death numbers for local counties are listed below.

Clarke County: Nine new cases, 1,174 cases since March. No new deaths; 58 total deaths since March.

Newton County: 21 new cases; 1,578 total cases since March. One new death, which was identified from death certificate reports and occurred on Dec. 21; 33 total deaths since March.

Kemper County: Two new cases; 645 total cases. No new deaths; 19 total deaths since March.

Neshoba County: 22 new cases; 2931 total cases. No new deaths; 139 total deaths since March.

MSDH presumed 167,263 people had recovered from COVID-19. The department also reported that there are 244 ongoing outbreaks of COVID-19 in long-term-care facilities.

COVID-19 data for Mississippi counties

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	1777	58	72	15
Alcorn	2096	40	120	18
Amite	841	22	54	7
Attala	1685	44	166	29
Benton	660	21	45	10
Bolivar	3309	95	223	30
Calhoun	1135	16	25	4
Carroll	916	18	46	9
Chickasaw	1556	37	49	15
Choctaw	497	10	1	0
Claiborne	695	19	43	9
Clarke	1174	58	108	28
Clay	1290	30	20	3
Coahoma	1927	52	127	11
Copiah	2148	45	73	9
Covington	1795	67	133	39
De Soto	14287	135	107	20
Forrest	5107	97	207	42
Franklin	574	8	40	1
George	1708	34	48	7
Greene	968	25	51	6
Grenada	1941	62	146	31
Hancock	1929	54	70	14
Harrison	10372	155	462	55
Hinds	13643	262	685	99
Holmes	1564	65	103	20
Humphreys	707	22	33	8
Issaquena	148	4	0	0
Itawamba	2221	51	123	22
Jackson	8600	156	215	26
Jasper	1360	25	20	1
Jefferson	461	14	21	3
Jefferson Davis	748	24	8	1
Jones	5078	96	203	39
Kemper	645	19	44	9
Lafayette	4175	78	182	46
Lamar	3982	60	45	13
Lauderdale	4813	171	370	88
Lawrence	914	16	27	2
Leake	2004	50	81	9
Lee	7455	118	205	40
Leflore	2574	100	214	48
Lincoln	2481	77	166	36
Lowndes	4215	89	192	40
Madison	6961	131	315	58
Marion	1719	62	152	21
Marshall	2856	63	62	15
Monroe	2899	88	179	53
Montgomery	962	31	54	9
Neshoba	2931	139	183	55
Newton	1578	33	78	11
Noxubee	913	20	29	4
Oktibbeha	3310	73	205	34
Panola	3104	70	103	13
Pearl River	2458	80	144	30
Perry	849	30	20	7
Pike	2175	68	106	29
Pontotoc	3102	40	20	3
Prentiss	2041	42	99	15
Quitman	591	7	0	0
Rankin	8510	163	320	46
Scott	2096	40	37	4
Sharkey	382	17	43	8
Simpson	1990	62	152	19
Smith	998	20	55	8
Stone	1132	18	64	9
Sunflower	2355	59	90	15
Tallahatchie	1199	31	43	7
Tate	2344	56	79	19
Tippah	1943	40	78	5
Tishomingo	1543	52	101	26
Tunica	730	19	15	2
Union	2704	41	106	16
Walthall	972	34	67	13
Warren	2604	78	163	37
Washington	4196	116	187	39
Wayne	1627	27	68	11
Webster	719	18	57	11
Wilkinson	523	23	24	5
Winston	1808	48	105	28
Yalobusha	973	31	81	22
Yazoo	2060	50	138	17
Total	210,032	4,719	9,195	1,686