Coronavirus in Mississippi: 246 new cases, 4 deaths reported Friday Gabriela Szymanowska, Mississippi Clarion Ledger
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The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 246 new cases of COVID-19 and four coronavirus-related deaths Friday.
Since the virus hit the state in March 2020, a total of 311,900 cases and 7,199 coronavirus-related deaths have been reported.
According to a New York Times database Friday, at least 879 new coronavirus deaths and 58,528 new cases were reported in the U.S. on Thursday. Over the past week, there has been an average of 51,465 cases per day, a decrease of 27% from the average two weeks earlier.