Mississippi again shattered its record for the highest number of new COVID-19 coronavirus cases in a 24-hour period, the state announced Wednesday afternoon.

The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 2,746 new cases on Wednesday, a new record. The prior record was set on Friday. The latest numbers bring the total cases since the pandemic began in March to 170,672 and setting new 7-day and 14-day records for new cases.

Earlier Wednesday, the health department initially reported an even higher number of new cases, but quickly announced that number was in error due to a computer glitch.

More than 17,000 new cases have been confirmed in the last 7 days. New cases confirmed in Mississippi over the last 14 days eclipse every month of the pandemic except July and November.

Here’s a monthly new case breakdown:

Month	New cases
June	11,746
July	31,496
August	24,203
September	15,240
October	21,970
November	33,111
December (month to date)	17,402

Of the total cases, the state believes approximately 136,627 have recovered and while many people who are infected with the virus may only have moderate or even no visible symptoms, others can get gravely ill and can die as a result.

The high number of cases, in turn, yields a high number of patients requiring hospitalization, health officials have said.

On Tuesday the state reported 1,125 confirmed COVID-19 patients hospitalized with another 97 suspected, but not confirmed by test yet COVID patients also hospitalized.

The state reported 25 new deaths Wednesday. A total of 4,041 Mississippians have died from the virus, the state reported.

The 7-day, daily average of new cases jumped to 2,323 with Wednesday’s update, another all-time high.

The 14-day, daily average of new cases rose to 1,866 on Wednesday, breaking the previous record set the day prior.