Source: Mississippi State Department of Health

Mississippi reported 91 new COVID-19 related deaths on Tuesday, which is the highest number of deaths the state has reported on a single day during the pandemic.

Of the new deaths, 76 occurred between Dec. 30 and Jan. 4, including one death in Newton County and one death in Neshoba County. 15 of the new deaths, including one death in Newton County, occurred between Dec. 10 and 30 and were identified from death certificate reports.

The Mississippi State Department of Health has reported a total of 4,975 COVID-19 related deaths since March.

MSDH reported on Tuesday 1,767 new cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi, bringing the state’s total to 225,444 cases.

Mississippi has been distributing COVID-19 vaccines to health care workers and long-term care residents and staff. Starting next week, state residents who are over the age of 75 will be able to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, Gov. Tate Reeves said on Monday.

The week of Jan. 17, Mississippians who are over the age of 65 will start having access to the vaccine, according to Reeves.

“We know that we cannot afford delays in protecting those who are at the greatest risk,” he said at a press conference. “We must focus on saving lives, and we know that those over the age of 65 are more vulnerable than those of us under 65.”

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

Lauderdale County: 45 new cases; 5,169 cases since March. No additional deaths; 171 total deaths since March.

Clarke County: 12 new cases; 1,239 cases since March. No additional deaths; 59 total deaths since March.

Newton County: 12 new cases; 1,677 total cases. Two additional deaths; 40 total deaths since March.

Kemper County: Six new cases; 681 total cases. No additional deaths; 19 total deaths since March.

Neshoba County: 13 new cases; 3,087 total cases. One additional death; 144 total deaths since March.

MSDH presumed 182,103 people have recovered from COVID-19. The department also reported that there are 227 ongoing outbreaks of COVID-19 in long-term-care facilities.

COVID-19 data

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	1846	62	72	15
Alcorn	2310	44	121	18
Amite	897	23	54	7
Attala	1810	52	167	32
Benton	715	21	45	10
Bolivar	3569	96	223	30
Calhoun	1224	18	25	4
Carroll	959	18	46	9
Chickasaw	1669	37	51	15
Choctaw	543	11	1	0
Claiborne	740	21	44	9
Clarke	1239	59	108	29
Clay	1410	30	20	3
Coahoma	2026	52	127	11
Copiah	2245	47	74	9
Covington	1932	68	134	39
De Soto	15363	145	108	20
Forrest	5439	105	216	46
Franklin	618	9	40	1
George	1773	37	48	7
Greene	1009	27	52	6
Grenada	2023	65	153	32
Hancock	2167	56	70	14
Harrison	11344	164	473	58
Hinds	14467	290	720	108
Holmes	1618	67	103	20
Humphreys	752	22	33	8
Issaquena	152	5	0	0
Itawamba	2408	51	123	22
Jackson	9057	164	215	27
Jasper	1520	30	35	2
Jefferson	472	16	22	4
Jefferson Davis	793	24	8	1
Jones	5455	98	208	39
Kemper	681	19	44	9
Lafayette	4401	86	186	51
Lamar	4335	61	48	13
Lauderdale	5169	171	379	88
Lawrence	936	16	27	2
Leake	2128	59	81	12
Lee	8075	123	210	40
Leflore	2752	102	226	49
Lincoln	2698	80	169	36
Lowndes	4673	97	209	43
Madison	7447	145	341	63
Marion	1813	66	155	22
Marshall	3027	63	62	15
Monroe	3184	91	179	53
Montgomery	1015	31	54	9
Neshoba	3087	144	191	55
Newton	1677	40	83	14
Noxubee	999	20	32	4
Oktibbeha	3565	78	207	34
Panola	3318	71	103	13
Pearl River	2773	85	156	31
Perry	919	31	21	7
Pike	2318	72	118	32
Pontotoc	3294	44	21	3
Prentiss	2229	45	99	15
Quitman	617	7	0	0
Rankin	9228	175	329	48
Scott	2199	41	37	4
Sharkey	403	17	43	8
Simpson	2132	66	152	19
Smith	1079	20	55	8
Stone	1252	18	78	9
Sunflower	2513	62	102	15
Tallahatchie	1265	33	43	7
Tate	2469	56	80	19
Tippah	2075	41	80	5
Tishomingo	1629	53	101	27
Tunica	780	19	15	2
Union	3033	46	105	17
Walthall	1029	35	67	13
Warren	2914	80	164	37
Washington	4504	119	187	39
Wayne	1765	27	69	11
Webster	821	21	57	11
Wilkinson	541	24	24	5
Winston	1889	58	105	31
Yalobusha	1046	33	81	22
Yazoo	2184	50	138	17
Total	225,444	4,975	9,452	1,742