The weekly average of new COVID-19 coronavirus cases continued to fall Friday as the state reported the latest statistics.

Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) officials reported Friday that 309 new coronavirus cases were found in the last 24 hours.

The additional cases reported Friday brings the total number of cases found in the state since the pandemic began to 504,318, meaning that nearly 17 percent of all Mississippians have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began.

Statistics indicate that approximately 1 in every 295 Mississippians has died from the virus.

MSDH reported 11 new deaths on Friday, bringing the total death toll to 10,075.

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 Friday, 46 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 57 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 460 on Friday.

The 14-day, daily average of new cases dropped to 466 with Friday’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	4623	120	88	18
Alcorn	5703	102	130	20
Amite	2065	56	57	9
Attala	3352	90	189	36
Benton	1503	39	47	10
Bolivar	6344	151	239	33
Calhoun	2809	47	44	7
Carroll	1698	40	52	11
Chickasaw	3033	67	61	15
Choctaw	1347	27	12	0
Claiborne	1333	38	46	9
Clarke	2976	94	133	32
Clay	3094	77	41	5
Coahoma	4186	109	138	14
Copiah	4501	92	104	14
Covington	4303	94	142	39
De Soto	32394	412	124	26
Forrest	13527	253	283	60
Franklin	1214	28	44	5
George	5048	79	73	9
Greene	2212	49	57	6
Grenada	3734	108	156	32
Hancock	7758	130	72	15
Harrison	34446	542	534	77
Hinds	32131	632	853	139
Holmes	2689	88	109	20
Humphreys	1300	39	35	9
Issaquena	193	7	0	0
Itawamba	4660	105	135	24
Jackson	24582	386	283	41
Jasper	3369	65	46	2
Jefferson	958	34	41	7
Jefferson Davis	1725	43	9	1
Jones	13913	243	237	43
Kemper	1423	41	50	10
Lafayette	8598	140	199	56
Lamar	10538	138	56	12
Lauderdale	12048	318	481	107
Lawrence	2138	40	27	2
Leake	4100	88	99	17
Lee	15707	235	225	43
Leflore	4683	144	240	55
Lincoln	5476	135	206	40
Lowndes	11105	192	279	66
Madison	14680	281	416	72
Marion	4239	108	162	24
Marshall	6504	137	69	17
Monroe	6822	179	191	55
Montgomery	1802	57	64	10
Neshoba	6664	206	228	60
Newton	3832	79	87	15
Noxubee	1871	40	41	6
Oktibbeha	7158	133	270	40
Panola	6585	131	103	15
Pearl River	9591	240	210	42
Perry	2077	56	24	9
Pike	5863	154	176	43
Pontotoc	6779	106	86	13
Prentiss	4762	82	101	15
Quitman	1069	28	0	0
Rankin	22137	392	492	69
Scott	4743	98	117	19
Sharkey	642	20	45	8
Simpson	4470	116	163	20
Smith	2675	51	71	8
Stone	3618	64	88	14
Sunflower	4253	105	124	20
Tallahatchie	2293	52	50	7
Tate	4641	111	80	19
Tippah	4732	81	120	14
Tishomingo	3634	92	103	28
Tunica	1608	39	19	3
Union	6106	94	132	23
Walthall	2196	64	69	14
Warren	6757	176	174	38
Washington	7471	162	202	41
Wayne	4409	72	80	13
Webster	2036	46	67	14
Wilkinson	1051	39	25	6
Winston	3160	91	135	39
Yalobusha	2380	47	82	22
Yazoo	4469	89	152	20
Total	504,318	10,075	11,294	2,091