MS Coast has 1 new coronavirus death. Stone, George counties see bigger increases.
A day after Mississippi’s second-largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases and the Fourth of July, the health department reports 226 new cases and 5 deaths.
In the lower six counties, there was 1 new death reported in Harrison County. In the past week, there have been 4 new deaths on the Coast, all in Harrison County.
The State Department of Health reported 37 new cases in South Mississippi on Sunday.
Cases are starting to increase more rapidly in the upper counties. George County saw 10 new cases in two days and Stone County had 9.
But new COVID-19 cases are still rising fastest in Gulfport and Biloxi’s Harrison County, with 270 in the past week. That far outpaces the next-closest coastal county — 147 in Jackson County last week.
The seven-day average for Mississippi and the Coast has risen throughout the week. Last Sunday, the Coast’s average was 59 and it’s now 70. For the state, it had dipped to 608 on July 2 but it’s back up to 715.
As of July 3, there have been 322,221 COVID-19 tests performed in Mississippi, and 12,522 or about 4% were antibody tests.
There are 19,288 presumed recoveries as of June 28.
Total cases by county:
George — 88 (2 new)
Hancock — 128 (2 new)
Harrison — 912 (26 new)
Jackson — 622 (16 new)
Pearl River — 254 (0 new)
Stone — 65 (1 new)
There were 15 states that broke single-day records for new coronavirus cases this week, including Alabama, Florida, Texas and Georgia, Axios reports.
Cases are skyrocketing in Florida, and many across the Gulf Coast typically flock to beach towns like Destin and Orange Beach for summer holiday weekends.
Alabama’s Gulf Shores canceled two fireworks shows and closed 8 restaurants for cleaning after employees tested positive, AL.com reports. But people still packed onto the beaches in record-setting numbers.
