The Alabama Department of Public Health added 309 deaths from COVID-19 and 2,118 new cases of the disease in its daily update on Wednesday.

A total of 8,203 people have died from the coronavirus in the state since the pandemic began last March, according to ADPH figures. Officials have said the large numbers of deaths reported on several days during recent weeks were a result of a continuing review of deaths, dating back to early November, to determine if they were caused by the disease.

Wednesday’s report brought the number of cases of COVID-19 in Alabama to 465,056. There has been an average of 2,281 new cases a day over the past week. The average has steadily dropped, from a high of 4,280 on Jan. 10 and 2,776 a week ago.

ADPH said 1,868 people were being treated in Alabama hospitals for the coronavirus on Tuesday.

The daily report also said 798,125 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been delivered to Alabama, and 373,907 have been administered, including first and second doses.

The list of counties with numbers of cases, individuals tested and deaths.