Saturday Stats Show Covid 19 climbing

JACKSON (WCBI) – The newest numbers show another triple digit growth in Mississippi Covid 19 cases.   The Saturday update shows 173 new positives as of 6 pm Friday night.  That pushes the total number of cases to 2,642.   The death toll is also climbing with 11 new fatalities from Covid 19.

Area breakdowns are as follows

Alcorn – 7 cases  0 deaths ,  Attala 18 cases 0 deaths , Calhoun 14 cases 0 deaths

Chickasaw 22 cases 2 deaths,  Choctaw 10 deaths 1,  Clay 17 cases 0 deaths

Itawamba 9 cases 0 deaths ,  Lafayette 29 cases 1 death,  Lee 42 cases 3 deaths

Lowndes 22 cases 0 deaths,  Monroe 31 cases 2 deaths,  Montgomery 14 cases 1 death

Noxubee 6 cases 0 deaths,  Oktibbeha 36 cases 1 death,  Pontotoc 14 cases 1 death

Prentiss 12 cases 0 deaths,  Tippah 43 cases 6 deaths, Tishomingo 2 cases 0 deaths

Union 7 cases 1 death,  Webster 14 cases 1 death,  Winston 18 cases 0 deaths

Yalobusha 14 cases 0 deaths