Mississippi’s average numbers of daily new COVID-19 coronavirus cases rose Tuesday for the first time after a week of declines.

Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) officials reported Tuesday that 1,670 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 503,322, 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 296 Mississippians has died from the virus.

MSDH reported 33 new deaths on Tuesday, bringing the total death toll to 10,057.

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 Tuesday, 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 rose to 498 on Tuesday.

The 14-day, daily average of new cases rose to 514 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	4617	120	88	18
Alcorn	5691	102	130	20
Amite	2060	56	57	9
Attala	3352	90	189	36
Benton	1494	39	47	10
Bolivar	6331	150	239	33
Calhoun	2799	47	44	7
Carroll	1696	39	52	11
Chickasaw	3023	67	61	15
Choctaw	1346	27	12	0
Claiborne	1328	38	46	9
Clarke	2958	94	133	32
Clay	3090	77	41	5
Coahoma	4178	108	138	14
Copiah	4500	92	104	14
Covington	4298	94	142	39
De Soto	32318	411	124	26
Forrest	13506	253	283	60
Franklin	1207	28	44	5
George	5029	79	73	9
Greene	2206	49	57	6
Grenada	3731	108	156	32
Hancock	7751	130	72	15
Harrison	34400	541	532	77
Hinds	32074	631	852	139
Holmes	2687	88	109	20
Humphreys	1297	38	35	9
Issaquena	193	7	0	0
Itawamba	4651	105	135	24
Jackson	24551	386	283	41
Jasper	3365	65	46	2
Jefferson	959	34	41	7
Jefferson Davis	1722	43	9	1
Jones	13894	243	237	43
Kemper	1421	41	50	10
Lafayette	8581	140	199	56
Lamar	10531	138	56	12
Lauderdale	12037	318	481	107
Lawrence	2136	40	27	2
Leake	4098	88	99	17
Lee	15657	235	225	43
Leflore	4676	144	240	55
Lincoln	5468	135	205	40
Lowndes	11091	192	279	66
Madison	14662	281	416	72
Marion	4236	108	162	24
Marshall	6494	135	69	17
Monroe	6796	178	191	55
Montgomery	1797	57	64	10
Neshoba	6656	206	228	60
Newton	3831	79	87	15
Noxubee	1869	40	41	6
Oktibbeha	7152	133	270	40
Panola	6572	131	103	15
Pearl River	9557	238	210	42
Perry	2064	56	24	9
Pike	5849	154	174	43
Pontotoc	6736	104	86	13
Prentiss	4715	82	101	15
Quitman	1068	28	0	0
Rankin	22103	391	492	69
Scott	4741	98	117	19
Sharkey	642	20	45	8
Simpson	4458	116	163	20
Smith	2665	50	72	8
Stone	3606	64	88	14
Sunflower	4246	105	124	20
Tallahatchie	2287	52	50	7
Tate	4632	111	80	19
Tippah	4724	81	120	14
Tishomingo	3615	92	103	28
Tunica	1601	39	19	3
Union	6077	94	132	23
Walthall	2193	64	69	14
Warren	6752	176	174	38
Washington	7458	161	202	41
Wayne	4407	72	80	13
Webster	2034	46	67	14
Wilkinson	1051	39	25	6
Winston	3153	91	131	39
Yalobusha	2372	47	82	22
Yazoo	4453	88	152	20
Total	503,322	10,057	11,285	2,091