Coronavirus

Alabama Breaks Its COVID-19 Daily Record, Adds 615 New Cases

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Alabama had its worst day yet by far for COVID-19 cases, adding 615 confirmed cases of the disease and 19 new deaths Tuesday.

Previously, the highest peak in new cases was on April 8, when the state reported 392 newly diagnosed cases.

The Alabama Department of Public Health was reporting the state had a total of 12,701 confirmed cases and 508 deaths at 4 a.m. Wednesday. Twenty-five hours earlier, at 3 a.m. Tuesday, the department reported the state had 12,086 cases of the disease and 489 deaths.

In graphics on its COVID-19 Data and Surveillance Dashboard, the health department reports that Alabama had 399 new cases Tuesday, but that report comes out earlier in the day. That still is the biggest single-day increase in cases since the first case was reported in Alabama on March 13.

Montgomery County led the increase, reporting 87 newly diagnosed cases of COVID-19 during the 25-hour period. Montgomery had a total of 950 confirmed cases early this morning and 24 deaths, up four deaths from Tuesday’s report.

Jefferson County had an increase of 42 cases during the period. Early this morning it was reporting 1,397 cases with 78 deaths, an increase of four deaths.

Tuscaloosa also added 40 cases and this morning and was reporting a total of 408 cases.

Mobile County still has the highest number of total cases, 1,773. It had an increase of 38 cases from the day before. It has a total of 104 deaths, up three from Monday night.

Many of the state’s 67 counties added several cases to the count Tuesday. Some of the more significant increases were in Choctaw County, which reported 41 new cases for a total of 126 cases; Franklin County, which reported 31 new cases for a total of 375; and Sumter County, which added 21 new cases for a total of 157.

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

Autauga 132 1506 3
Baldwin 264 5931 8
Barbour 92 561 1
Bibb 51 1084 1
Blount 47 1152 1
Bullock 58 207 1
Butler 301 1032 10
Calhoun 136 2696 3
Chambers 329 1443 22
Cherokee 30 501 0
Chilton 81 1062 1
Choctaw 126 300 3
Clarke 86 751 2
Clay 27 394 2
Cleburne 13 174 1
Coffee 179 1323 1
Colbert 104 1845 2
Conecuh 21 243 0
Coosa 33 243 1
Covington 59 890 1
Crenshaw 53 496 3
Cullman 71 2071 0
Dale 66 790 0
Dallas 167 1423 3
DeKalb 200 1966 3
Elmore 219 2157 7
Escambia 39 885 3
Etowah 221 3401 10
Fayette 9 434 0
Franklin 375 1426 4
Geneva 25 447 0
Greene 86 412 4
Hale 104 642 2
Henry 45 332 1
Houston 149 2062 3
Jackson 64 2061 2
Jefferson 1397 28010 78
Lamar 15 381 0
Lauderdale 116 2991 2
Lawrence 35 519 0
Lee 454 4539 32
Limestone 67 1692 0
Lowndes 149 395 10
Macon 56 448 2
Madison 281 11668 4
Marengo 117 843 6
Marion 106 1152 9
Marshall 636 4425 9
Mobile 1773 15435 104
Monroe 20 393 2
Montgomery 950 5431 24
Morgan 122 2692 1
Perry 22 401 0
Pickens 87 693 4
Pike 116 1028 0
Randolph 120 745 7
Russell 112 943 0
Shelby 410 6532 19
St. Clair 92 2236 1
Sumter 157 656 5
Talladega 81 2172 2
Tallapoosa 373 2116 57
Tuscaloosa 408 6666 8
Unknown or Out of State N/A 3572 N/A
Walker 155 1808 1
Washington 62 394 5
Wilcox 103 365 6
Winston 47 666 1
Cases:
12701
Tested:
156350
Deaths:
508