Coronavirus in Mississippi: 95 new cases, another death reported Sunday

The state Health Department announced 95 new cases of the coronavirus in Mississippi Sunday, bringing the state's total to 758 in 74 of 82 counties, with 14 deaths. 

The deaths have been reported in Desoto, Hancock, Harrison, Holmes, Lee, Perry, Rankin, Sunflower, Tippah, Tunica, Webster and Wilkinson counties. Tippah and Wilkinson counties have each reported two deaths. 

The state's first presumptive case, reported on March 11, was a Forrest County man who had traveled to Florida.

The Health Department updates the number of cases once a day. Results are from testing done by the department and private laboratories, and the state is no longer reporting the number of tests conducted.

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The U.S. surged past China and Italy on Thursday to become the most infected nation.

The U.S. had more than 124,000 COVID-19 infections and more than 2,100 deaths as of Sunday morning. Confirmed cases, however, are a function of testing. There were more than 679,000 confirmed cases worldwide Sunday morning and more than 31,000 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University data dashboard.

This is a developing story and will be updated. 

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