According to the latest statistics reported by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Mississippi’s number of chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer has reached 54: 27 confirmed cases and 27 cases rated as “suspect positive” that are awaiting confirmation.
Of those 54, 35 cases were from deer tested in 2020, all in the North Mississippi CWD Management Zone. Of those, 26 came from Benton County and nine from Marshall County.
No other counties have reported positive tests this year. Only six counties have recorded positive tests since the first case was reported in 2018 in Issaquena County, in what is now called the South Delta CWD Management Zone. In 2019, a second deer tested positive in Issaquena County. More deer were found in the North Mississippi in 2019 forcing the North Zone to be created. Benton and Marshall counties had seven each, while Panola, Pontotoc and Tallahatchie County had one each.
More than 8,079 deer have been tested since July 1, 1999.
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