About 20% of people in Mississippi who are 65 years or older have been vaccinated against COVID-19, the state health officer tweeted on Wednesday.

And about 29% of Mississippi residents who are 75 years or older have been vaccinated.

“Protecting MS residents >65 will pay great dividends,” tweeted Dr. Thomas Dobbs, the state health officer.

Mississippians are receiving COVID-19 vaccinations at drive-thru vaccination sites, private medical clinics, nursing homes and other locations. People at least 65 years old, health care workers, long-term care facility residents and staff and people with certain medical conditions are eligible to be vaccinated.

204,910 people in the state have been vaccinated against COVID-19, the Mississippi State Department of Health reported on Wednesday.

The department reported on Wednesday 2,074 new cases of the coronavirus and 65 new COVID-19 related deaths in the state, bringing the state’s totals to 268,672 cases and 5,917 deaths.

29 of the new deaths occurred between Jan. 9 and 26, including one death in Lauderdale County and one death in Neshoba County.

36 of the new deaths in Mississippi were identified from death certificate reports and occurred between Nov. 13 and Jan. 20, including one death in Lauderdale County, one death in Newton County and one death in Neshoba County.

Kemper and Clarke counties reported no new deaths on Wednesday.

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

Lauderdale County: 51 new cases; 6,212 total cases since March. 198 total deaths since March.

Clarke County: 23 new cases; 1,510 total cases. 62 total deaths since March.

Newton County: 13 new cases; 2,027 total cases. 48 total deaths since March.

Kemper County: six new cases; 818 total cases. 20 total deaths since March.

Neshoba County: 12 new cases; 3,528 total cases. 160 total deaths since March.

MSDH presumed that 222,812 people have recovered from COVID-19. The department also reported that there are 195 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	2181	72	72	15
Alcorn	2762	57	129	20
Amite	1038	29	54	7
Attala	1982	65	173	36
Benton	874	23	45	10
Bolivar	4187	111	225	31
Calhoun	1431	22	28	4
Carroll	1077	22	48	9
Chickasaw	1915	46	53	15
Choctaw	649	14	1	0
Claiborne	904	26	45	9
Clarke	1510	62	122	30
Clay	1695	38	27	3
Coahoma	2536	56	129	11
Copiah	2546	49	79	9
Covington	2261	73	136	39
De Soto	18020	198	113	24
Forrest	6324	126	224	50
Franklin	715	17	40	4
George	2110	41	59	7
Greene	1159	30	52	6
Grenada	2258	74	154	32
Hancock	3042	63	69	14
Harrison	14654	214	482	65
Hinds	17192	342	797	123
Holmes	1732	68	103	20
Humphreys	862	25	33	8
Issaquena	161	6	0	0
Itawamba	2726	65	125	22
Jackson	11146	194	230	30
Jasper	1858	39	37	2
Jefferson	575	21	40	5
Jefferson Davis	902	31	8	1
Jones	6934	120	217	41
Kemper	818	20	45	9
Lafayette	5295	102	188	54
Lamar	5155	65	53	13
Lauderdale	6212	198	430	94
Lawrence	1093	17	27	2
Leake	2393	67	89	14
Lee	9160	149	215	41
Leflore	3148	110	234	52
Lincoln	3114	89	173	37
Lowndes	5623	124	256	59
Madison	8736	173	359	69
Marion	2307	74	158	24
Marshall	3622	73	64	15
Monroe	3746	112	189	55
Montgomery	1131	36	54	9
Neshoba	3528	160	199	58
Newton	2027	48	86	15
Noxubee	1147	26	35	6
Oktibbeha	4136	86	215	36
Panola	3907	84	102	13
Pearl River	3578	107	161	33
Perry	1064	31	21	7
Pike	2759	85	125	34
Pontotoc	3834	61	78	7
Prentiss	2572	55	99	15
Quitman	716	11	0	0
Rankin	11404	225	390	60
Scott	2680	55	103	9
Sharkey	459	17	43	8
Simpson	2460	72	157	20
Smith	1342	26	60	8
Stone	1547	27	84	14
Sunflower	2960	79	117	19
Tallahatchie	1588	35	50	7
Tate	2829	64	80	19
Tippah	2526	52	116	8
Tishomingo	1978	61	102	27
Tunica	897	22	18	2
Union	3619	66	131	21
Walthall	1166	38	68	13
Warren	3766	103	169	38
Washington	4984	125	189	39
Wayne	2193	37	69	11
Webster	990	24	58	11
Wilkinson	603	25	24	5
Winston	2089	71	116	37
Yalobusha	1254	35	82	22
Yazoo	2599	56	139	18
Total	268,672	5,917	10,169	1,889