View Comments The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 270 new cases of COVID-19 and 11 coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday. The 11 reported deaths Tuesday occurred between June 2 and June 20, as identified in death certificate reports. Since the virus hit the state in March 2020, a total of 321,408 cases and 7,412 coronavirus-related deaths have been reported. According to a New York Times database, at least 161 new coronavirus deaths and 15,570 new cases were reported in the U.S. on Monday. Over the past week, there has been an average of 11,842 cases per day, a decrease of 15% from the average two weeks earlier. The health department on Tuesday reported 19 outbreaks at Mississippi nursing homes. There have been 10,521 cases of the coronavirus in long-term care facilities and 1,987 deaths reported as of Tuesday, the latest figures available.