An 89-year-old Starkville woman on Sunday became the first Oktibbeha County resident to die from the COVID-19 coronavirus, Coroner Michael Hunt confirmed.
Hunt did not release the identity of the deceased. She died at OCH Regional Medical Center.
As of Monday morning, the last time Mississippi State Department of Health updated its website, there were 1,738 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state, including 27 alone in Oktibbeha County. There have been 15 reported cases in Lowndes County, nine in Clay County and five in Noxubee County.
Nationally, there have been about 337,000 cases confirmed and more than 9,600 deaths.
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