Coronavirus
721 New Cases of COVID-19 Reported Friday, But Trends Remain Positive
Despite an uptick in the number of new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, Alabama continued to show a positive overall trend in caseloads and hospitalizations from the disease.
The Alabama Department of Public Health reported 721 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, raising the total for the pandemic to 128,818. Another 14,045 cases were listed as probable, for a total of 142,863.
The case count was the highest since a total of 726 on Sept. 12. The average number of new cases stood at 674 a day over the past week. That is down from the daily average of 687 one week ago and 795 two weeks ago.
Friday’s report listed 20 deaths from COVID-19 for the latest 24-hour period. Another 144 cases were shown as probable.
The agency said 740 people were hospitalized on Thursday from the disease, down from 792 on Sept. 11 and 863 on Sept. 4.
Jefferson County reported 111 new cases for a total of 17,971 since the pandemic began in mid-March.
The list countiues with numbers of confirmed cases, individuals tested and confirmed deaths.
| Autauga | 1505 | 11273 | 23 |
| Baldwin | 4850 | 43818 | 44 |
| Barbour | 635 | 4756 | 7 |
| Bibb | 589 | 5007 | 6 |
| Blount | 1175 | 9660 | 14 |
| Bullock | 562 | 2600 | 13 |
| Butler | 871 | 4298 | 37 |
| Calhoun | 2904 | 25214 | 32 |
| Chambers | 868 | 7621 | 40 |
| Cherokee | 426 | 4150 | 12 |
| Chilton | 1294 | 7971 | 22 |
| Choctaw | 334 | 1479 | 12 |
| Clarke | 939 | 5935 | 15 |
| Clay | 480 | 2935 | 7 |
| Cleburne | 303 | 1930 | 6 |
| Coffee | 1066 | 11717 | 5 |
| Colbert | 1546 | 10912 | 25 |
| Conecuh | 447 | 2311 | 11 |
| Coosa | 120 | 1411 | 3 |
| Covington | 853 | 7940 | 25 |
| Crenshaw | 426 | 2872 | 30 |
| Cullman | 1554 | 16609 | 15 |
| Dale | 1121 | 10561 | 43 |
| Dallas | 1479 | 9798 | 25 |
| DeKalb | 2197 | 13940 | 17 |
| Elmore | 2260 | 18066 | 44 |
| Escambia | 1314 | 7729 | 24 |
| Etowah | 2949 | 25264 | 44 |
| Fayette | 369 | 3358 | 9 |
| Franklin | 1700 | 7727 | 28 |
| Geneva | 447 | 4968 | 3 |
| Greene | 285 | 1912 | 14 |
| Hale | 565 | 4344 | 27 |
| Henry | 371 | 3719 | 3 |
| Houston | 2061 | 27981 | 15 |
| Jackson | 1410 | 13339 | 9 |
| Jefferson | 17971 | 185824 | 324 |
| Lamar | 309 | 2786 | 2 |
| Lauderdale | 1575 | 16654 | 31 |
| Lawrence | 557 | 3700 | 20 |
| Lee | 3651 | 42801 | 49 |
| Limestone | 1875 | 15919 | 18 |
| Lowndes | 615 | 2436 | 25 |
| Macon | 421 | 3397 | 17 |
| Madison | 7068 | 83555 | 67 |
| Marengo | 663 | 5005 | 18 |
| Marion | 806 | 5362 | 27 |
| Marshall | 3573 | 22430 | 41 |
| Mobile | 12638 | 93881 | 283 |
| Monroe | 445 | 4249 | 7 |
| Montgomery | 8296 | 49201 | 169 |
| Morgan | 3019 | 23136 | 25 |
| Perry | 488 | 2959 | 6 |
| Pickens | 579 | 4558 | 13 |
| Pike | 889 | 8092 | 8 |
| Randolph | 521 | 3915 | 11 |
| Russell | 1584 | 10106 | 2 |
| Shelby | 4865 | 50882 | 41 |
| St. Clair | 1880 | 19145 | 33 |
| Sumter | 407 | 2394 | 19 |
| Talladega | 1409 | 16233 | 23 |
| Tallapoosa | 966 | 9821 | 82 |
| Tuscaloosa | 5773 | 57389 | 102 |
| Unknown or Out of State | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Walker | 2067 | 14773 | 76 |
| Washington | 512 | 3187 | 13 |
| Wilcox | 480 | 2433 | 11 |
| Winston | 641 | 4814 | 12 |
