Coronavirus

954 New Cases, Two Deaths from COVID-19 in Friday Update

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There were 954 new cases of COVID-19 and two deaths from the disease during the past 24 hours, the Alabama Department of Public Health reported Friday morning.

The additions brought the state’s total to 156,698 cases, including 138,989 confirmed and 17,709 probable. A confirmed case is one for which a person has been tested and shown positive for the coronavirus. A probable case is one involving a person who has been exposed to someone with COVID-19 and has symptoms of the disease but has not been tested, or a person who was reported positive on a rapid antigen test.

There have been 2,550 deaths from COVID-19 in the state since the pandemic began. That includes 2,409 confirmed and 141 probable.

Jefferson County had 134 new cases, the most in the state, and a total of 20,442 overall. No other county reported a number of new cases in triple digits.

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

Autauga 1805 12328 27
Baldwin 6024 51307 53
Barbour 902 5115 7
Bibb 675 5481 10
Blount 1642 10538 15
Bullock 612 2777 15
Butler 922 4520 40
Calhoun 3628 28024 44
Chambers 1185 8186 42
Cherokee 631 4484 13
Chilton 1624 8900 30
Choctaw 359 1615 12
Clarke 1129 6275 16
Clay 600 3267 9
Cleburne 420 2258 5
Coffee 1404 12733 5
Colbert 1707 12003 26
Conecuh 539 2423 12
Coosa 175 1515 3
Covington 1441 8458 28
Crenshaw 545 3055 30
Cullman 1932 18258 20
Dale 1432 11755 44
Dallas 1802 10320 26
DeKalb 2508 15247 21
Elmore 2786 19912 49
Escambia 1631 8162 24
Etowah 3641 27464 45
Fayette 474 3702 10
Franklin 1819 8234 30
Geneva 668 5476 6
Greene 307 2057 15
Hale 662 4788 28
Henry 523 4161 5
Houston 2992 31041 23
Jackson 1651 14542 12
Jefferson 20442 204533 354
Lamar 393 3065 2
Lauderdale 1787 18293 37
Lawrence 647 4081 26
Lee 6068 46328 61
Limestone 2202 17335 22
Lowndes 660 2548 27
Macon 488 3631 18
Madison 8125 90028 78
Marengo 734 5451 19
Marion 987 6313 29
Marshall 4004 24142 45
Mobile 13641 100307 295
Monroe 593 4398 8
Montgomery 8948 52737 185
Morgan 3389 24991 30
Perry 543 3068 6
Pickens 676 5020 15
Pike 1227 8713 12
Randolph 682 4327 13
Russell 1807 11097 3
St. Clair 2414 20859 37
Shelby 6266 56644 50
Sumter 437 2573 21
Talladega 2201 17617 30
Tallapoosa 1181 10661 85
Tuscaloosa 9099 71154 119
Walker 2403 15940 88
Washington 563 3379 12
Wilcox 535 2533 11
Winston 759 5320 12