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Coronavirus in Mississippi: 348 new cases, 24 deaths reported Tuesday Gabriela Szymanowska, Mississippi Clarion Ledger
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The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 348 new cases of COVID-19 and 24 coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday.
Since the virus hit the state in March, a total of 291,222 cases and 6,577 coronavirus-related deaths have been reported.
According to a New York Times database on Tuesday, at least 1,454 new coronavirus deaths and 59,462 new cases were reported in the U.S. Monday. Over the past week, there has been an average of 66,977 cases per day, a decrease of 40% from the average two weeks earlier.