The number of COVID-19 cases in Mississippi topped 5,000 and the number of deaths from the virus reached 200 as both cases and deaths continue to climb.

Mississippi State Health Department officials announced Thursday afternoon the latest COVID-19 coronavirus cases and deaths within the state.

The state reported 8 more people died in the state over the last 24 hours due to the virus, bringing the state’s total number of deaths to 201.

State health officials reported 259 new confirmed cases of the virus Tuesday, bringing the state’s total to 5,153 cases since March 11. It was the 15th day in a row the number of new cases rose by more than 100. Only three other days reported a higher number of cases.

State health officials are also now reporting racial breakdowns of both cases and deaths.

Black Mississippians make up 53% of all positive coronavirus cases. But blacks make up 62% of the deaths related to the virus.

The state also tracks the number cases found in long-term care facilities such as nursing homes that are considered high risk due to their residents being in close confines, often being older and often having underlying health issues.

For the sake of reporting, the state considers even a single case of coronavirus among staff or residents of these facilities as an “outbreak” and are tracked by county below.

Here are the county by county numbers:

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases
Adams	101	7	14
Alcorn	8	0	0
Amite	24	1	2
Attala	62	0	4
Benton	9	0	0
Bolivar	89	7	13
Calhoun	43	2	19
Carroll	15	1	0
Chickasaw	52	4	16
Choctaw	13	1	0
Claiborne	12	0	0
Clarke	37	3	9
Clay	28	2	0
Coahoma	53	2	1
Copiah	59	1	1
Covington	40	0	0
Desoto	252	4	2
Forrest	164	6	15
Franklin	17	0	0
George	10	1	0
Greene	4	0	0
Grenada	27	0	14
Hancock	55	5	6
Harrison	152	6	2
Hinds	383	6	9
Holmes	83	5	11
Humphreys	14	3	1
Itawamba	30	1	11
Jackson	228	6	34
Jasper	27	1	0
Jefferson	5	0	0
Jefferson Davis	13	1	0
Jones	94	0	4
Kemper	27	0	1
Lafayette	81	3	10
Lamar	79	2	0
Lauderdale	249	18	64
Lawrence	25	0	0
Leake	118	1	0
Lee	66	4	4
Leflore	119	13	26
Lincoln	125	7	41
Lowndes	36	1	2
Madison	165	4	10
Marion	53	4	12
Marshall	40	2	0
Monroe	109	9	44
Montgomery	16	1	0
Neshoba	102	2	1
Newton	45	0	1
Noxubee	29	0	0
Oktibbeha	45	3	6
Panola	38	2	0
Pearl River	142	11	28
Perry	23	1	0
Pike	126	3	8
Pontotoc	18	2	1
Prentiss	29	0	17
Quitman	14	0	0
Rankin	153	4	4
Scott	177	0	7
Sharkey	4	0	0
Simpson	33	0	2
Smith	53	3	17
Stone	22	0	0
Sunflower	51	2	0
Tallahatchie	9	1	0
Tate	35	0	1
Tippah	49	7	0
Tishomingo	5	0	0
Tunica	34	1	12
Union	14	1	0
Walthall	27	0	0
Warren	32	2	0
Washington	71	3	4
Wayne	17	0	0
Webster	16	1	0
Wilkinson	65	6	4
Winston	37	0	0
Yalobusha	17	0	0
Yazoo	110	1	0
Total	5,153	201	515