Mississippi hits all-time high record of one-day COVID-19 cases with over 5,000 infections – Clarion Ledger

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Coronavirus cases in Mississippi, fueled by the highly contagious delta variant, continue to climb, with 5,023new cases Friday. It's the highest daily case count ever reported since COVID-19 came into the state in March 2020.

On Tuesday, the state saw the highest one-day coronavirus-related deaths, 36, since early March when the department reported 44 deaths.

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Mississippireported 31coronavirus-related deaths Friday. Nineteendeathsoccurred between June 1and Aug. 8, as identified from death certificate reports.

Since the virus hit the state in March 2020, a total of 381,147cases and 7,761coronavirus-related deaths have been reported.

On Friday, the Mississippi State Department of Healthreported 166outbreaks at Mississippi nursinghomes. There have been 10,824cases of the coronavirus in long-term care facilitiesand 2,019deaths reported as of Friday.

According to aNew York Times database, at least 1,022new coronavirus deaths and 138,595new cases were reported in the UnitedStateson Thursday. Over the past week, there has been an average of 125,894cases per day,an increase of 76% from the average two weeks earlier.

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Residents between the ages of 25 and 39represent the largest portion of the infected population in the state,with 83,833cases reported Tuesday, the latest figureavailable.

Among patients under18, children between the ages of 11 and 17 have the highest infection rate, with 29,852cases identified. The 65 and older age group has the highest total number of deaths with 5,778reported.

According tohealth department data, 1,292,407people have begun the vaccination process in Mississippi, as of Thursdaymorning. Since December, about 1,065,743people are fully immunized against COVID-19.

Approximately 326,558people are presumed recovered from the virus as of Tuesday, according tothe health department's website.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, Hinds County has the highest number of reported cases in the state with 26,196, followed closely by DeSoto County with 24,662,Harrison County with 24,410,Jackson County with 17,861and Rankin County with 17,004.

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Daily number of new deaths: 3

Daily number of new cases: 204

Total deaths: 473

Total cases: 25,992

Daily number of new deaths: 2

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Total deaths: 235

Total cases:11,789

Daily number of new deaths: 0

Daily number of new cases: 170

Total deaths: 301

Total cases:17,004

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