Mississippi reported 2,680 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the state’s total to 250,869 cases.

The state reported 70 new deaths on Saturday; 5,481 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported in the state since March.

Gov. Tate Reeves announced announced on Friday that he is extending the mask mandates for Lauderdale County, Neshoba County, Kemper County, Clarke County and many other counties in the state until Feb. 3 at 5 p.m. 

In Lauderdale County, 84 new cases of the coronavirus and three new COVID-19 related deaths were reported on Saturday, bringing the county’s totals to 5,808 cases and 180 deaths.

The three new deaths in Lauderdale County occurred between Jan. 6 and 15.

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

Clarke County: 10 new cases; 1,374 total cases. No additional deaths; 60 total deaths since March.

Newton County: 26 new cases; 1,891 total cases. No additional deaths; 42 total deaths since March.

Kemper County: nine new cases; 766 total cases. No additional deaths; 20 total deaths since March.

Neshoba County: 32 new cases; 3,357 total cases. Two additional deaths, which occurred between Jan. 6 and 15; 152 total deaths since March.

MSDH presumed that 198,888 people have recovered from COVID-19. The department also reported that there are 209 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	2032	70	72	15
Alcorn	2626	53	128	20
Amite	968	25	54	7
Attala	1931	58	173	34
Benton	810	23	45	10
Bolivar	3955	106	225	31
Calhoun	1351	21	27	4
Carroll	1041	21	47	9
Chickasaw	1829	44	53	15
Choctaw	600	13	1	0
Claiborne	855	25	45	9
Clarke	1374	60	110	30
Clay	1582	33	24	3
Coahoma	2285	54	128	11
Copiah	2391	49	75	9
Covington	2104	71	135	39
De Soto	17010	171	111	22
Forrest	5917	118	224	50
Franklin	658	15	40	4
George	1979	38	59	7
Greene	1091	29	52	6
Grenada	2170	70	155	32
Hancock	2604	58	69	14
Harrison	13250	193	477	61
Hinds	16091	318	776	113
Holmes	1681	67	103	20
Humphreys	826	24	33	8
Issaquena	159	6	0	0
Itawamba	2611	59	125	22
Jackson	10216	182	217	29
Jasper	1677	35	35	2
Jefferson	534	19	30	4
Jefferson Davis	840	25	8	1
Jones	6222	109	217	41
Kemper	766	20	44	9
Lafayette	4911	92	188	54
Lamar	4804	65	52	13
Lauderdale	5808	180	411	89
Lawrence	1021	17	27	2
Leake	2295	64	90	14
Lee	8759	141	214	41
Leflore	2992	105	234	51
Lincoln	2956	85	171	36
Lowndes	5309	111	246	53
Madison	8186	161	354	68
Marion	2083	71	157	23
Marshall	3391	65	64	15
Monroe	3521	104	189	53
Montgomery	1091	34	54	9
Neshoba	3357	152	196	56
Newton	1891	42	86	14
Noxubee	1102	22	34	4
Oktibbeha	3903	80	214	36
Panola	3650	76	102	13
Pearl River	3232	95	158	32
Perry	1005	31	21	7
Pike	2599	77	119	34
Pontotoc	3611	52	42	4
Prentiss	2440	52	99	15
Quitman	683	8	0	0
Rankin	10629	208	371	58
Scott	2447	45	39	4
Sharkey	424	17	43	8
Simpson	2339	67	153	19
Smith	1194	23	59	8
Stone	1415	20	84	10
Sunflower	2804	69	111	16
Tallahatchie	1392	34	49	7
Tate	2695	60	80	19
Tippah	2397	49	109	7
Tishomingo	1821	59	101	27
Tunica	860	21	18	2
Union	3414	58	124	20
Walthall	1117	36	67	13
Warren	3445	97	166	38
Washington	4770	123	189	39
Wayne	1987	30	69	11
Webster	919	24	58	11
Wilkinson	583	25	24	5
Winston	1994	64	114	33
Yalobusha	1161	34	82	22
Yazoo	2426	54	139	18
Total	250,869	5,481	9,888	1,822