Mississippi’s number of new COVID-19 coronavirus cases continues to fall, state health officials said Tuesday, but the number of deaths continues to climb higher.

Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) officials reported Tuesday that 1,520 new coronavirus cases were found in the last 24 hours.

The additional cases reported Tuesday brings the total number of cases found in the state since the pandemic began to 486,195, meaning that more than 16 percent of all Mississippians have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began.

Statistics indicate that approximately 1 in every 312 Mississippians has died from the virus.

MSDH reported 58 new deaths on Tuesday, bringing the total death toll to 9,538.

Mississippi health leaders have said that a combination of a low overall vaccination rate among Mississippians along with a rapidly spreading Delta variant is causing the recent surge in cases.

Through Monday, 44 percent of the total Mississippi population has been fully vaccinated. The number of fully vaccinated Mississippians has grown rapidly over the last several weeks but remains below the U.S. average of 55 percent.

For more detailed county-by-county vaccination results visit: https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/resources/12130.pdf

The 7-day, daily average of new cases dropped to 1,204 on Tuesday. It was the lowest number since July 27.

The 14-day, daily average of new cases dropped to 1,432 with Tuesday’s update.

Cumulative Cases and Deaths by County

Totals of all reported COVID-19 cases, including those in long-term care (LTC) facilities.

The numbers in this table are provisional. County case and deaths totals may change as investigation finds new or additional information.

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	4436	117	88	18
Alcorn	5427	90	130	20
Amite	1994	52	57	9
Attala	3264	87	187	36
Benton	1437	36	47	10
Bolivar	6143	145	239	33
Calhoun	2689	41	43	7
Carroll	1626	37	52	11
Chickasaw	2883	66	61	15
Choctaw	1293	26	12	0
Claiborne	1273	35	46	9
Clarke	2840	91	133	31
Clay	2982	74	41	5
Coahoma	3995	101	134	12
Copiah	4338	89	103	14
Covington	4183	93	142	39
De Soto	30890	368	123	26
Forrest	13215	241	283	60
Franklin	1169	28	41	5
George	4748	73	67	9
Greene	2102	46	57	6
Grenada	3576	105	156	32
Hancock	7554	116	72	15
Harrison	33248	501	531	75
Hinds	31307	592	849	139
Holmes	2631	87	109	20
Humphreys	1274	38	35	9
Issaquena	193	7	0	0
Itawamba	4466	100	135	24
Jackson	23817	354	283	40
Jasper	3171	62	46	2
Jefferson	924	33	41	7
Jefferson Davis	1684	42	9	1
Jones	13482	227	235	43
Kemper	1389	40	50	10
Lafayette	8298	137	199	56
Lamar	10273	131	56	12
Lauderdale	11647	308	481	105
Lawrence	2074	35	27	2
Leake	3998	86	96	16
Lee	15016	221	225	43
Leflore	4519	140	240	55
Lincoln	5324	133	204	40
Lowndes	10529	178	278	64
Madison	14297	273	416	72
Marion	4119	104	162	24
Marshall	6186	126	68	17
Monroe	6550	167	191	55
Montgomery	1734	54	64	10
Neshoba	6495	201	225	59
Newton	3730	75	87	15
Noxubee	1798	40	38	6
Oktibbeha	6997	124	270	37
Panola	6312	127	103	15
Pearl River	9162	226	210	42
Perry	2018	54	24	9
Pike	5643	141	173	40
Pontotoc	6347	93	86	13
Prentiss	4504	80	101	15
Quitman	1046	27	0	0
Rankin	21498	377	485	68
Scott	4621	96	116	19
Sharkey	631	20	45	8
Simpson	4350	114	160	20
Smith	2539	49	72	8
Stone	3532	60	87	14
Sunflower	4163	104	124	20
Tallahatchie	2215	50	50	7
Tate	4429	103	80	19
Tippah	4507	80	120	14
Tishomingo	3417	89	103	28
Tunica	1542	35	19	3
Union	5790	90	132	23
Walthall	2119	59	69	14
Warren	6507	168	173	38
Washington	7172	153	198	41
Wayne	4354	67	80	13
Webster	1976	43	67	14
Wilkinson	1021	36	25	6
Winston	3059	91	130	39
Yalobusha	2248	47	82	22
Yazoo	4246	86	150	20
Total	486,195	9,538	11,228	2,072