The Mississippi State Department of Health announced 100 new cases of coronavirus In Mississippi Monday and eight additional deaths, bringing the state's total cases to 1,738 with 51 deaths.

The MSDH also reported data on outbreaks in long-term care facilities or nursing homes Monday. According to the department, "Even one case of COVID-19 in these facilities among residents or employees is considered an outbreak."

There are 38 outbreaks in nursing homes in 29 counties across the state.

The outbreaks have been reported at long-term care centers in the following counties: Adams, Amite, Bolivar (2), Calhoun, Chickasaw, Forrest, Hancock (2), Harrison, Hinds (2), Jackson, Lauderdale (3), Leflore, Lincoln, Madison (2), Marion, Marshall, Monroe (2), Newton, Oktibbeha (2), Pearl River (2), Prentiss, Scott, Smith, Tunica, Union, Warren, Washington and Wilkinson.

MSDH has declined to name the nursing homes with outbreaks, citing federal privacy laws.

With 158 confirmed COVID-19 cases, Hinds County has the most cases in the state. DeSoto currently has the second highest number with 136. Greene County reported its first case Monday, bringing the total counties to 80 of 82 with cases.

Deaths have been reported in Amite, Bolivar (2), Chickasaw (2), Choctaw, Coahoma, Desoto, Forrest, Hancock, Harrison (3), Holmes (2), Humphreys, Jackson (5), Lafayette, Lauderdale (2), Lee (2), Leflore (4), Madison (2), Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Panola, Pearl River(2), Perry, Pontotoc, Rankin, Sunflower, Tippah (3), Tunica, Webster, Wilkinson (3), and Yazoo counties.

The state's first 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.

As of Monday, the state health lab had conducted 6,309 coronavirus tests with 617 positive results. And newly released information, as of Monday, shows more than 14,000 tests have been conducted by other providers.

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The U.S. had more than 337,000 COVID-19 infections and more than 9,600 deaths as of Monday morning. Confirmed cases, however, are a function of testing. There were more than 1,280,000 confirmed cases worldwide Monday morning and more than 70,000 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University data dashboard.