Mississippi reports 945 new coronavirus cases; South MS deaths hit record pace

Mississippi had 945 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday with the state health department also reporting 23 new deaths, four of them in South Mississippi.

Harrison County had two new deaths for the second day in a row, Mississippi State Department of Heath numbers show, while Jackson and George counties reported one death each. South Mississippi had a total of 69 new cases, down from the seven-day average of 104 through Friday.

The state now has a total of 77,268 COVID-19 cases since the first case was reported March 11. Deaths stand at 2,237.

Cases in the six South Mississippi counties total 7,801, with 183 deaths.

George — 667 (1 new)

Hancock — 450 (2 new)

Harrison — 3,012 (28 new)

Jackson — 2,720 (24 new)

Pearl River — 672 (12 new)

Stone — 280 (2 new)

Anita Lee

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Anita, a Mississippi native, graduated with a journalism degree from the University of Southern Mississippi and previously worked at the Jackson Daily News and Virginian-Pilot, joining the Sun Herald in 1987. She specializes in in-depth coverage of government, public corruption, transparency and courts. She has won state, regional and national journalism awards, most notably contributing to Hurricane Katrina coverage awarded the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in Public Service. Support my work with a digital subscription