The Mississippi State Department of Health reported on Monday 927 new cases of the coronavirus and five new COVID-19 related deaths in the state, bringing the state’s totals to 265,146 cases and 5,777 deaths.

Dr. Paul Byers, the state epidemiologist, said on Jan. 21 that Mississippi is perhaps seeing a small downward trend in the number of COVID-19 cases.

Lauderdale County reported seven new cases and no new deaths on Monday, bringing the county’s totals to 6,128 cases and 192 deaths.

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

Clarke County: five new cases; 1,486 total cases since March. No new deaths; 62 total deaths since March.

Newton County: one new case; 2,000 total cases. No new deaths; 46 total deaths since March.

Kemper County: one new case; 810 total cases. No new deaths; 20 total deaths since March.

Neshoba County: nine new cases; 3,499 total cases. No new deaths; 154 total deaths since March.

MSDH presumed that 207,769 people had recovered from COVID-19 as of Jan. 17. The department also reported that there are 199 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	2153	71	72	15
Alcorn	2735	54	129	20
Amite	1024	26	54	7
Attala	1974	64	173	36
Benton	865	23	45	10
Bolivar	4149	109	225	31
Calhoun	1418	22	28	4
Carroll	1069	22	48	9
Chickasaw	1896	44	53	15
Choctaw	638	13	1	0
Claiborne	897	25	45	9
Clarke	1486	62	122	30
Clay	1675	37	27	3
Coahoma	2515	55	129	11
Copiah	2507	49	79	9
Covington	2224	73	136	39
De Soto	17807	191	113	24
Forrest	6236	124	224	50
Franklin	707	17	40	4
George	2048	39	59	7
Greene	1145	29	52	6
Grenada	2242	72	154	32
Hancock	2963	62	69	14
Harrison	14298	204	481	65
Hinds	16967	332	796	120
Holmes	1722	68	103	20
Humphreys	848	24	33	8
Issaquena	160	6	0	0
Itawamba	2700	63	125	22
Jackson	10976	190	217	30
Jasper	1825	38	36	2
Jefferson	571	21	40	5
Jefferson Davis	889	30	8	1
Jones	6782	118	217	41
Kemper	810	20	45	9
Lafayette	5229	101	188	54
Lamar	5074	65	52	13
Lauderdale	6128	192	430	94
Lawrence	1076	17	27	2
Leake	2384	67	89	14
Lee	9088	145	215	41
Leflore	3122	109	234	52
Lincoln	3076	88	173	37
Lowndes	5564	120	255	56
Madison	8619	169	359	69
Marion	2259	73	158	24
Marshall	3585	70	64	15
Monroe	3693	110	189	55
Montgomery	1127	36	54	9
Neshoba	3499	154	197	56
Newton	2000	46	86	15
Noxubee	1141	26	35	6
Oktibbeha	4094	82	215	36
Panola	3882	81	102	13
Pearl River	3508	106	158	33
Perry	1053	31	21	7
Pike	2710	81	125	34
Pontotoc	3785	60	78	7
Prentiss	2545	54	99	15
Quitman	714	9	0	0
Rankin	11280	221	390	60
Scott	2608	49	61	4
Sharkey	457	17	43	8
Simpson	2438	72	157	20
Smith	1307	26	60	8
Stone	1529	25	84	14
Sunflower	2930	75	117	19
Tallahatchie	1575	35	50	7
Tate	2811	62	80	19
Tippah	2501	50	115	7
Tishomingo	1956	61	102	27
Tunica	893	21	18	2
Union	3577	64	131	21
Walthall	1150	37	68	13
Warren	3698	103	169	38
Washington	4951	125	189	39
Wayne	2150	34	69	11
Webster	974	24	58	11
Wilkinson	599	25	24	5
Winston	2077	71	116	37
Yalobusha	1238	35	82	22
Yazoo	2571	56	139	18
Total	265,146	5,777	10,103	1,875