Source: Mississippi State Department of Health

Mississippi reported 1,193 new cases of the coronavirus and 51 new COVID-19 related deaths on Tuesday.

Sixteen of the new deaths occurred between Jan. 1 and 18, including three deaths in Lauderdale County and one death in Newton County.

35 of the new deaths that Mississippi reported on Tuesday were identified from death certificate reports and occurred between Dec. 14 and Jan. 18, including two deaths in Lauderdale County, one death in Newton County and two deaths in Clarke County.

Neshoba County and Kemper County reported no new COVID-19 related new deaths on Tuesday.

The state has reported a total of 255,125 cases and a total of 5,574 COVID-19 related deaths since March.

At a press conference on Monday, state epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers said there are some indicators that show that Mississippi may be on the verge of starting to see declines in case and death numbers.

“I think a lot of that may have to do with us getting past the holidays, hopefully, and we’ll see that we’ll have a decline in the number of cases and deaths,” he said.

Byers said that a surge in cases is typically followed by deaths seven to 14 days later. In other words, there can still be high death numbers when cases start to decline.

The state has also been vaccinating its residents. Health care workers, long-term care facility residents and staff, people at least 65 years old and people with certain medical conditions are eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in Mississippi.

On Monday afternoon, the state scheduled 20,000 drive-thru appointments for the first dose of the vaccine, according to a Facebook post by Gov. Tate Reeves.

The Mississippi State Department of Health reported on Monday that 114,947 people in the state had been vaccinated against COVID-19.

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

Clarke County: nine new cases; 1,398 total cases since March. 62 total deaths since March.

Newton County: six new cases; 1,934 total cases. 44 total deaths since March.

Kemper County: four new cases; 776 total cases. 20 total deaths since March.

Neshoba County: 13 new cases; 3,396 total cases. 152 total deaths since March.

MSDH presumed that 207,769 people have recovered from COVID-19. The department also reported that there are 214 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	2070	70	72	15
Alcorn	2654	53	128	20
Amite	984	26	54	7
Attala	1942	59	173	34
Benton	820	23	45	10
Bolivar	3997	109	225	31
Calhoun	1365	21	27	4
Carroll	1048	21	47	9
Chickasaw	1850	44	53	15
Choctaw	609	13	1	0
Claiborne	866	25	45	9
Clarke	1398	62	111	30
Clay	1598	33	24	3
Coahoma	2410	54	128	11
Copiah	2427	49	75	9
Covington	2146	72*	135	39
De Soto	17257	180	112	23
Forrest	6009	120	224	50
Franklin	667	15	40	4
George	1998	39	59	7
Greene	1104	29	52	6
Grenada	2194	71	154	32
Hancock	2744	59	69	14
Harrison	13567	194	477	62
Hinds	16331	322	784	114
Holmes	1687	67	103	20
Humphreys	831	24	33	8
Issaquena	159	6	0	0
Itawamba	2637	59	125	22
Jackson	10453	184	217	29
Jasper	1727	36	35	2
Jefferson	549	19	30	4
Jefferson Davis	853	26	8	1
Jones	6434	112	217	41
Kemper	776	20	44	9
Lafayette	4991	93	188	54
Lamar	4885	65	52	13
Lauderdale	5902	186	422	93
Lawrence	1029	17	27	2
Leake	2317	65	90	14
Lee	8864	141	214	41
Leflore	3041	107	234	52
Lincoln	2980	85	171	36
Lowndes	5405	116	249	55
Madison	8314	164	358	69
Marion	2130	73	157	24
Marshall	3440	66	64	15
Monroe	3558	105	189	54
Montgomery	1098	34	54	9
Neshoba	3396	152	196	56
Newton	1934	44	86	14
Noxubee	1108	22	34	4
Oktibbeha	3953	81	214	36
Panola	3723	79	102	13
Pearl River	3301	100	158	33
Perry	1026	31	21	7
Pike	2637	78	119	34
Pontotoc	3678	53	64	5
Prentiss	2465	52	99	15
Quitman	696	8	0	0
Rankin	10804	212	387	58
Scott	2480	46	44	4
Sharkey	431	17	43	8
Simpson	2364	67	157	19
Smith	1214	24	59	8
Stone	1447	21	84	11
Sunflower	2866	71	116	17
Tallahatchie	1419	34	49	7
Tate	2731	62	80	19
Tippah	2430	50	108	7
Tishomingo	1893	61	101	27
Tunica	873	21	18	2
Union	3459	60	125	21
Walthall	1123	36	67	13
Warren	3548	98	168	38
Washington	4803	124	188	39
Wayne	2029	32	69	11
Webster	928	24	58	11
Wilkinson	587	25	24	5
Winston	2016	66	114	35
Yalobusha	1178	34	82	22
Yazoo	2470	56	139	18
Total	255,125	5,574	9,968	1,842