Coronavirus

Moving Average Number of COVID-19 Cases Declines for Sixth Consecutive Day

Coronavirus illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The moving weekly average number of cases of COVID-19 per day in Alabama dropped for the sixth consecutive day Sunday as the state Department of Public Health reported 722 cases over the past 24 hours.

The agency’s daily Dashboard showed a total of 104,079 cases, plus 4,354 individuals listed as probable victims of the disease, since the pandemic began in mid-March. There were two deaths reported Sunday, raising the overall total to 1,830, with another 68 listed as probable.

The average number of new cases per day for the past week stood at 906. That figure has declined every day since an average of 1,352 on Aug. 10. The highest seven-day moving average was 1,851 cases per day on July 19.

For the first time in several weeks, none of the state’s 67 counties reported case numbers in triple digits on Sunday. Jefferson and Montgomery counties each listed new 83 cases, while Mobile County had 61. Overall, Jefferson County leads the state with 13,988 cases, followed by Mobile County with 11,022 and Montgomery County with 7,152.

The list of counties with number of cases and deaths.

Autauga 1218 22
Baldwin 3877 29
Barbour 604 6
Bibb 469 5
Blount 860 5
Bullock 496 11
Butler 792 36
Calhoun 1919 19
Chambers 854 38
Cherokee 302 8
Chilton 859 9
Choctaw 293 12
Clarke 833 10
Clay 301 5
Cleburne 133 1
Coffee 812 6
Colbert 1272 18
Conecuh 403 10
Coosa 106 3
Covington 773 21
Crenshaw 349 8
Cullman 1274 12
Dale 879 29
Dallas 1363 25
DeKalb 1896 14
Elmore 1826 39
Escambia 1113 17
Etowah 2263 34
Fayette 241 5
Franklin 1351 22
Geneva 283 2
Greene 258 11
Hale 495 26
Henry 275 3
Houston 1519 13
Jackson 1124 5
Jefferson 13988 262
Lamar 240 2
Lauderdale 1238 20
Lawrence 370 3
Lee 2776 47
Limestone 1449 13
Lowndes 578 24
Macon 346 15
Madison 5687 35
Marengo 585 17
Marion 606 26
Marshall 3233 38
Mobile 11022 227
Monroe 432 6
Montgomery 7152 153
Morgan 2502 20
Perry 456 4
Pickens 436 10
Pike 723 7
Randolph 409 11
Russell 1407 2
Shelby 3495 37
St. Clair 1412 20
Sumter 374 19
Talladega 1133 14
Tallapoosa 887 79
Tuscaloosa 4449 80
Unknown or Out of State N/A N/A
Walker 1618 66
Washington 465 13
Wilcox 449 10
Winston 477 11
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