Coronavirus
COVID-19 Daily Case Count Drops, But Number of Deaths Rises
Alabama recorded its lowest daily number of confirmed cases in more than two weeks but the highest number of deaths in more than a week on Wednesday in the state Department of Public Health’s 24-hour COVID-19 update.
There were 464 confirmed cases of the disease, down from 583 on Tuesday and the fewest since a count of 405 on Sept. 8. The state has list
ed 132,452 confirmed cases since the pandemic began in March, plus 14,701 presumed cases for a total of 147,153. It is averaging 704 cases a day over the past week and 705 daily over the past 14 days.
The COVID-19 Dashboard showed 31 new deaths, the most since a total of 32 on Sept. 15. There have been 2,335 confirmed deaths, plus 153 presumed for an overall total of 2,488.
Jefferson County reported 68 confirmed cases and six deaths, both the most in the state. The county had a high of 344 cases on Aug. 25.
| Autauga | 1543 | 11626 | 24 |
| Baldwin | 4954 | 44781 | 45 |
| Barbour | 651 | 4922 | 7 |
| Bibb | 607 | 5186 | 6 |
| Blount | 1222 | 10032 | 15 |
| Bullock | 573 | 2635 | 13 |
| Butler | 876 | 4369 | 38 |
| Calhoun | 3052 | 26238 | 33 |
| Chambers | 885 | 7841 | 40 |
| Cherokee | 446 | 4310 | 12 |
| Chilton | 1347 | 8319 | 27 |
| Choctaw | 334 | 1524 | 12 |
| Clarke | 951 | 6068 | 15 |
| Clay | 503 | 3071 | 7 |
| Cleburne | 319 | 1988 | 6 |
| Coffee | 1099 | 12068 | 5 |
| Colbert | 1593 | 11169 | 25 |
| Conecuh | 456 | 2351 | 11 |
| Coosa | 126 | 1457 | 3 |
| Covington | 860 | 8146 | 25 |
| Crenshaw | 431 | 2930 | 31 |
| Cullman | 1612 | 17364 | 16 |
| Dale | 1155 | 11066 | 44 |
| Dallas | 1491 | 10032 | 25 |
| DeKalb | 2245 | 14334 | 17 |
| Elmore | 2341 | 18606 | 44 |
| Escambia | 1327 | 7852 | 24 |
| Etowah | 3029 | 26007 | 44 |
| Fayette | 384 | 3467 | 8 |
| Franklin | 1719 | 7883 | 29 |
| Geneva | 473 | 5162 | 3 |
| Greene | 288 | 1955 | 14 |
| Hale | 573 | 4444 | 27 |
| Henry | 383 | 3950 | 4 |
| Houston | 2116 | 29593 | 15 |
| Jackson | 1467 | 13628 | 9 |
| Jefferson | 18476 | 190763 | 336 |
| Lamar | 328 | 2896 | 2 |
| Lauderdale | 1631 | 17019 | 31 |
| Lawrence | 586 | 3832 | 22 |
| Lee | 3809 | 44220 | 50 |
| Limestone | 1965 | 16360 | 18 |
| Lowndes | 622 | 2473 | 25 |
| Macon | 429 | 3474 | 17 |
| Madison | 7343 | 85628 | 71 |
| Marengo | 671 | 5112 | 18 |
| Marion | 839 | 5888 | 28 |
| Marshall | 3677 | 23332 | 43 |
| Mobile | 12810 | 96272 | 285 |
| Monroe | 450 | 4297 | 7 |
| Montgomery | 8439 | 50322 | 172 |
| Morgan | 3113 | 23851 | 25 |
| Perry | 493 | 2994 | 6 |
| Pickens | 592 | 4704 | 13 |
| Pike | 919 | 8351 | 8 |
| Randolph | 553 | 4080 | 11 |
| Russell | 1627 | 10561 | 2 |
| Shelby | 5054 | 52648 | 41 |
| St. Clair | 1946 | 19779 | 35 |
| Sumter | 412 | 2497 | 19 |
| Talladega | 1448 | 16907 | 25 |
| Tallapoosa | 971 | 10103 | 84 |
| Tuscaloosa | 6025 | 59050 | 104 |
| Unknown or Out of State | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Walker | 2125 | 15074 | 78 |
| Washington | 517 | 3251 | 13 |
| Wilcox | 480 | 2455 | 11 |
| Winston | 671 | 5002 | 12 |
