100 new cases of COVID-19 reported, state total at 1,738

The Mississippi Department of Health is reporting 100 new cases of COVID-19 and eight new deaths in the state Monday.

The new positives bring the state’s total number of coronavirus cases to 1,738. There are now 51 COVID-19 deaths in the state.

Over 20,000 coronavirus tests have been performed since the start of the outbreak.

• Calhoun County – 9
• Chickasaw County – 15 (2 deaths)
• Choctaw County – 8 (2 deaths)
• Clay County – 9
• Itawamba – 4
• Lafayette County – 22 (1 death)
• Lee County – 30 (2 deaths)
• Lowndes County – 15
• Monroe County – 16 (2 deaths)
• Montgomery County – 11 (2 deaths)
• Noxubee County – 5
• Oktibbeha County – 27
• Pontotoc County – 12 (1 death)
• Prentiss County – 10
• Tishomingo County – 1
• Webster County – 12 (1 death)
• Winston County – 15
• Yalobusha County – 11

Only three out of Mississippi’s 82 counties have not reported coronavirus cases.

334 Mississippians are currently hospitalized with the virus, according to the health department.