Alabama reported an increase of 256 cases of COVID-19 and 12 deaths late Friday night.

The increase brings the state’s totals to 13,670 cases and 541 deaths, according to the Alabama Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Data and Surveillance Dashboard.

It’s a definite increase but a smaller one than the state has seen in recent days. Late Wednesday night, the state’s seven-day average of new cases was 336. BirminghamWatch calculates the seven-day average because the counts do tend to go up and down from day to day, partly as a result of when tests are conducted and results are officially filed.

Mobile County has been the hardest-hit county in the state, with 1,916 cases and 106 deaths.

Jefferson County follows with 1,498 cases, 29 of those new Friday, and 88 deaths. Montgomery County has reported 1,096 cases, 44 of those new Friday, and 28 deaths.

Of the remaining counties, Tallapoosa continues to lead in deaths, with 62. Twenty-three of the people who have died were residents of the Bill Nichols Veterans Home in Alexander City. The county has had 387 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed. Adjacent Lee County has had 32 deaths and 471 confirmed cases of the disease. Nearby Chambers County has had 23 reported deaths and 330 cases.

Other counties with 200 or more confirmed cases are: Marshall, 642 cases and nine deaths; Tuscaloosa, 464 cases and nine deaths; Franklin, 422 cases and five deaths; Shelby, 420 cases and 19 deaths; Butler, 329 cases and 11 deaths; Madison, 286 cases and four deaths; Baldwin, 271 cases and nine deaths; Elmore, 242 cases and seven deaths; Etowah, 225 cases and 10 deaths; and DeKalb County, 209 cases and three deaths.

Here is the full list of counties with number of cases, number of tests for the disease and deaths.

Autauga					149	1733	3
Baldwin					271	6737	9
Barbour					104	655	1
Bibb					55	1155	1
Blount					49	1290	1
Bullock					89	359	1
Butler					329	1247	11
Calhoun					137	3052	3
Chambers					330	1341	23
Cherokee					33	566	2
Chilton					85	1185	1
Choctaw					135	415	4
Clarke					92	945	2
Clay					27	427	2
Cleburne					13	204	1
Coffee					189	1563	1
Colbert					117	2172	2
Conecuh					24	285	1
Coosa					33	245	1
Covington					63	1006	1
Crenshaw					53	602	2
Cullman					73	2348	0
Dale					77	971	0
Dallas					182	1651	3
DeKalb					209	1633	3
Elmore					242	2561	7
Escambia					39	998	3
Etowah					225	3755	10
Fayette					11	490	0
Franklin					422	1743	5
Geneva					28	542	0
Greene					88	438	4
Hale					119	751	3
Henry					50	426	1
Houston					156	2823	3
Jackson					69	2160	2
Jefferson					1498	32551	88
Lamar					17	428	0
Lauderdale					122	3411	2
Lawrence					40	583	0
Lee					471	5415	32
Limestone					72	1824	0
Lowndes					172	498	10
Macon					58	612	2
Madison					286	13421	4
Marengo					125	1284	6
Marion					107	1294	10
Marshall					642	4878	9
Mobile					1916	18125	107
Monroe					23	470	2
Montgomery					1096	7452	29
Morgan					144	3205	1
Perry					28	509	0
Pickens					86	837	4
Pike					127	1185	0
Randolph					123	860	7
Russell					120	1204	0
Shelby					420	7907	19
St. Clair					98	2719	1
Sumter					172	888	6
Talladega					85	2586	2
Tallapoosa					387	2511	62
Tuscaloosa					464	7910	9
Unknown or Out of State					N/A	0	N/A
Walker					179	2353	1
Washington					63	485	5
Wilcox					110	476	6
Winston					52	917	0
	Cases: 13670	Tested: 179272	Deaths: 541