Mississippi reports 199 new COVID-19 cases

Published 3:00 pm Monday, March 1, 2021

Mississippi reported on Monday 199 new cases of the coronavirus and no additional COVID-19 related deaths, bringing the state’s totals to 294,994 cases and 6,681 deaths.

Lauderdale County reported no new cases and no additional deaths on Monday. 6,833 cases of COVID-19 and 226 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported in the county since March 2020.

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Mississippi has been vaccinating its residents. The Mississippi State Department of Health reported on Sunday that 401,504 people had received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Mississippi. Of those people, 214,608 had received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine.

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

Clarke County: no new cases; 1,693 total cases since March 2020. No additional deaths; 71 total deaths since March 2020.

Newton County: two new cases; 2,296 total cases. No additional deaths; 52 total deaths since March 2020.

Kemper County: one new case; 902 total cases. No additional deaths; 23 total deaths since March 2020.

Neshoba County: seven new cases; 3,807 total cases. No additional deaths; 168 total deaths since March 2020.

MSDH presumed that 273,437 people in Mississippi had recovered from COVID-19 as of Feb. 22. The department also reported that there are 70 ongoing outbreaks of COVID-19 in long-term-care facilities.