JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reported 301 new COVID-19 cases and 44 new deaths Tuesday, March 2.

New COVID-19 related deaths reported to MSDH as of 3 p.m. Monday. Nineteen COVID-19 related deaths occurred between Feb. 12 and Feb. 28 in the counties below:

• Clay 1
• Copiah 1
• Covington 1
• Hancock 1
• Harrison 1
• Hinds 2
• Jackson 1
• Lowndes 3
• Madison 3
• Noxubee 2
• Pike 1
• Webster 1
• Yazoo 1

Twenty-five COVID-19 related deaths occurred between Jan. 4 and Feb. 24, identified from death certificate reports.

• Adams 1
• Alcorn 1
• Amite 1
• Chickasaw 1
• Choctaw 1
• Forrest 2
• Grenada 1
• Harrison 1
• Hinds 1
• Jackson 1
• Jones 1
• Lauderdale 1
• Lincoln 1
• Madison 1
• Montgomery 1
• Neshoba 1
• Pontotoc 2
• Rankin 1
• Simpson 1
• Smith 1
• Warren 1
• Winston 2

As of Tuesday, March 2, there have been 295,295 total cases of the virus since mid-March 2020, which is when the state reported its first case. There have been 6,724 total deaths.

The state health department estimates there have been 278,162 recoveries.

Open this link to view the cases per county, recoveries and more information.

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