Coronavirus in Mississippi: 201 new cases, 8 deaths reported Friday
Gabriela Szymanowska, Mississippi Clarion Ledger
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The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 201 new cases ofCOVID-19 and eight coronavirus-related deaths Friday.
Since the virus hit the state in March 2020, a total of 314,710 cases and 7,254 coronavirus-related deaths have been reported.
According to a New York Times database Friday, at least 780 new coronavirus deaths and 38,534 new cases were reported in the U.S. on Thursday. Over the past week, there has been an average of 35,496 cases per day, a decrease of 31% from the average two weeks earlier.