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The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 961 new cases of COVID-19 and eight coronavirus-related deaths on Wednesday.
The health department reported that seven deaths occurred between July 13 and Tuesday and one death occurred on Feb. 22, as identified from death certificate reports.
Since the virus hit the state in March 2020, a total of 330,664 cases and 7,485 coronavirus-related deaths have been reported.
According to a New York Times database, at least 300 new coronavirus deaths and 62,012 new cases were reported in the U.S. on Tuesday. Over the past week, there has been an average of 37,975 cases per day, an increase of 195% from the average two weeks earlier.
Mississippi Health Official: State Seeing Rapid Increase in July COVID-19 Cases
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1,199 cases, 9 deaths as of Wednesday afternoon, MSDH says
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