Mississippi reported slightly less daily new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus Friday which lowered the 14-day average number of cases to the lowest level in approximately a week.

The Mississippi State Department of Health reported an additional 209 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours bringing the total cases to 16,769.

The state announced Friday morning 9 new deaths were attributed to the virus bringing the total death toll to 803.

Mississippi’s 7-day average of new cases dropped to 283 per day. The record high of the 7-day average of new cases is 328 and was set on Monday.

The 14-day average of daily new cases decreased slightly Friday to 296 cases per day.

Mississippi’s death toll from coronavirus includes 410 people from long-term care facilities or 51 percent of the total deaths.

Here are the county by county numbers:

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	204	16	42	9
Alcorn	19	1	0	0
Amite	65	1	12	1
Attala	312	18	87	15
Benton	14	0	1	0
Bolivar	169	11	16	4
Calhoun	68	4	23	4
Carroll	119	11	45	9
Chickasaw	143	14	34	9
Choctaw	52	2	0	0
Claiborne	116	5	41	4
Clarke	156	19	17	8
Clay	125	4	0	0
Coahoma	132	4	0	0
Copiah	334	4	0	0
Covington	183	2	1	0
Desoto	593	10	17	4
Forrest	600	39	92	28
Franklin	29	2	3	1
George	30	2	1	0
Greene	30	1	13	0
Grenada	110	4	15	2
Hancock	90	12	8	3
Harrison	268	7	3	2
Hinds	1104	26	79	13
Holmes	444	31	84	15
Humphreys	64	7	16	5
Issaquena	0	0	0	0
Itawamba	89	7	33	6
Jackson	314	15	38	5
Jasper	168	4	0	0
Jefferson	42	1	0	0
Jefferson Davis	82	3	4	1
Jones	709	33	104	20
Kemper	156	11	32	7
Lafayette	156	4	39	1
Lamar	252	5	3	2
Lauderdale	765	69	174	45
Lawrence	107	1	0	0
Leake	455	12	2	0
Lee	197	8	21	2
Leflore	282	38	91	22
Lincoln	281	31	91	23
Lowndes	252	9	19	5
Madison	778	29	99	15
Marion	116	9	15	2
Marshall	89	3	0	0
Monroe	269	25	91	22
Montgomery	84	1	0	0
Neshoba	739	45	70	22
Newton	292	4	4	0
Noxubee	195	6	15	3
Oktibbeha	283	14	86	11
Panola	87	3	0	0
Pearl River	212	31	46	11
Perry	51	3	0	0
Pike	204	11	14	6
Pontotoc	49	3	3	1
Prentiss	53	3	21	3
Quitman	32	0	0	0
Rankin	463	9	6	0
Scott	663	12	13	2
Sharkey	7	0	0	0
Simpson	105	0	4	0
Smith	156	11	43	8
Stone	32	0	0	0
Sunflower	96	3	0	0
Tallahatchie	31	1	0	0
Tate	93	1	2	0
Tippah	76	11	0	0
Tishomingo	36	0	1	0
Tunica	58	3	12	2
Union	89	7	18	6
Walthall	67	0	0	0
Warren	199	10	37	7
Washington	199	8	7	1
Wayne	280	3	1	0
Webster	88	5	18	3
Wilkinson	85	9	5	2
Winston	124	1	0	0
Yalobusha	111	6	26	6
Yazoo	298	5	11	2
Total	16,769	803	1,969	410

Note: The state reported a delay in updating today’s long-term care statistics.

For more detailed graphics on Mississippi’s coronavirus statistics, please visit:

https://magnoliastatelive.com/video-mississippis-coronavirus-case-by-the-numbers/