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The Mississippi State Department of Health reported on Monday 41 new cases of COVID-19 in Lauderdale County and no additional deaths, bringing the county’s totals to 3,875 cases and 151 deaths since March.

Statewide, the department reported 1,263 new cases and no additional deaths. It has reported a total of 166,194 cases of the novel coronavirus and a total of 3,961 COVID-19 related deaths since March.

The state had 12,924 new COVID-19 cases between Sunday, Nov. 29, and Sunday, Dec. 6. This is higher than the number of new cases the state had during the previous week, 9,391.

State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs said on Twitter Monday morning that the FDA will meet Thursday to review the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech.

“We hope to have ~25k doses for front-line healthcare by next week,” he said.

Dobbs’ department is advising Mississippians to only participate in work, school and other “absolutely essential” activities.

MSDH recommended on Dec. 2 that all Mississippi residents avoid any social gathering that includes individuals outside of one’s nuclear family or household.

The department is recommending that people avoid funerals, unless they are a member of the close family of the deceased, and is advising that the funerals are held outdoors. Other gatherings that MSDH recommends that people do not attend are social events, parties, family gatherings outside of one’s household or nuclear family, weddings, sporting events and in-person church services.

In Meridian, the city is under a mask mandate that remains in effect until the end of the year. 

Lauderdale, Neshoba and Kemper counties are on a list of 54 counties with additional COVID-19 safety measures. Indoor social gatherings in these counties must be limited to 10 people, and outdoor social gatherings must be limited to 50.

People in the counties must wear a mask when they are indoors and interacting with the public, but cannot social distance.

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

Newton County: 14 new cases; 1,186 total cases since March. No new deaths; 29 total deaths since March.

Kemper County: one new case; 524 total cases. No new deaths; 19 total deaths.

Clarke County: seven new cases; 993 total cases. No new deaths; 55 total deaths.

Neshoba County: 18 new cases; 2,391 total cases. No new deaths; 124 total deaths.

MSDH presumes 136,627 people have recovered from COVID-19. The department also reported that there are 202 ongoing outbreaks of COVID-19 in long-term-care facilities.

case count

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	1532	52	70	14
Alcorn	1658	31	92	14
Amite	651	15	15	2
Attala	1305	37	134	24
Benton	519	18	44	10
Bolivar	2637	86	223	30
Calhoun	854	14	25	4
Carroll	806	15	46	9
Chickasaw	1169	33	48	14
Choctaw	391	7	1	0
Claiborne	599	16	43	9
Clarke	993	55	93	27
Clay	1007	27	20	3
Coahoma	1635	46	127	11
Copiah	1820	41	72	9
Covington	1426	45	93	20
De Soto	11132	106	103	20
Forrest	4166	90	185	41
Franklin	405	6	4	1
George	1402	26	47	6
Greene	680	23	47	6
Grenada	1532	45	134	21
Hancock	1365	43	67	12
Harrison	7885	116	387	38
Hinds	10993	208	552	83
Holmes	1404	61	103	20
Humphreys	586	19	33	8
Issaquena	129	4	0	0
Itawamba	1711	39	100	17
Jackson	6898	131	194	20
Jasper	929	24	1	0
Jefferson	396	12	15	3
Jefferson Davis	616	18	8	1
Jones	4008	90	190	38
Kemper	524	19	41	9
Lafayette	3526	60	152	35
Lamar	3205	50	44	12
Lauderdale	3875	151	344	80
Lawrence	778	14	27	2
Leake	1497	45	45	7
Lee	5748	98	201	39
Leflore	2214	93	196	48
Lincoln	2082	67	166	36
Lowndes	2754	68	130	37
Madison	5433	113	298	55
Marion	1307	50	120	19
Marshall	2364	51	59	15
Monroe	2236	78	176	52
Montgomery	829	26	53	9
Neshoba	2391	124	169	48
Newton	1186	29	47	10
Noxubee	762	17	21	4
Oktibbeha	2679	63	199	31
Panola	2500	56	73	11
Pearl River	1746	71	118	24
Perry	712	27	20	7
Pike	1748	60	98	27
Pontotoc	2288	32	20	3
Prentiss	1627	35	93	11
Quitman	524	7	0	0
Rankin	6589	116	262	33
Scott	1702	30	30	3
Sharkey	342	17	43	8
Simpson	1591	54	138	19
Smith	788	16	55	8
Stone	886	15	58	9
Sunflower	2025	56	84	15
Tallahatchie	1029	27	33	7
Tate	1926	51	72	18
Tippah	1408	30	62	4
Tishomingo	1206	45	96	26
Tunica	648	19	15	2
Union	1899	26	49	11
Walthall	826	30	67	13
Warren	1957	59	142	27
Washington	3459	108	187	39
Wayne	1310	24	60	10
Webster	512	14	52	11
Wilkinson	450	22	20	5
Winston	1390	29	80	15
Yalobusha	774	29	81	21
Yazoo	1703	41	138	15
Total	166,194	3,961	8,050	1,485