Coronavirus

Alabama Eclipses the 100,000 Mark in COVID-19 Cases

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The number of COVID-19 cases in Alabama climbed to 100,801 on Wednesday as the state Department of Public Health reported a total of 875 for the latest 24-hour period.

There were 33 deaths for the period, increasing the total to 1,814 since the pandemic began in mid-March. The Health Department’s COVID dashboard said an additional 3,925 cases and 66 deaths are believed to be linked to the disease.

The seven-day rolling average of new cases per day stood at 1,289. The average reached a high of 1,851 on July 19. The state has averaged 25 deaths a day over the past week.

Jefferson County reported 15 deaths in the new report, raising its total to 261, the most in the state. But the state’s most populous county had only 97 new cases for a total of 13,463.

Montgomery County, with 130 cases, was the only county to top 100 for the day. Its total reached 6,955.

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

Autauga 1188 22
Baldwin 3710 29
Barbour 581 6
Bibb 453 5
Blount 825 5
Bullock 492 11
Butler 773 36
Calhoun 1828 19
Chambers 848 38
Cherokee 279 8
Chilton 827 9
Choctaw 289 12
Clarke 821 10
Clay 277 5
Cleburne 129 1
Coffee 779 6
Colbert 1225 18
Conecuh 394 10
Coosa 105 3
Covington 746 21
Crenshaw 331 8
Cullman 1238 12
Dale 850 29
Dallas 1347 25
DeKalb 1852 14
Elmore 1767 39
Escambia 1094 17
Etowah 2190 34
Fayette 223 5
Franklin 1308 22
Geneva 265 2
Greene 253 11
Hale 488 26
Henry 264 3
Houston 1450 13
Jackson 1072 4
Jefferson 13463 261
Lamar 230 2
Lauderdale 1203 20
Lawrence 356 3
Lee 2724 47
Limestone 1378 13
Lowndes 575 24
Macon 341 14
Madison 5510 35
Marengo 568 17
Marion 587 26
Marshall 3199 38
Mobile 10671 216
Monroe 424 6
Montgomery 6955 153
Morgan 2425 20
Perry 446 4
Pickens 411 10
Pike 716 7
Randolph 403 11
Russell 1391 2
Shelby 3361 37
St. Clair 1375 20
Sumter 366 18
Talladega 1069 14
Tallapoosa 876 79
Tuscaloosa 4327 80
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Walker 1548 65
Washington 449 13
Wilcox 436 10
Winston 457 11