Coronavirus

Alabama Records Its Biggest Rise in COVID-19 Cases with 1,758 Jump

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Led by the Birmingham, Huntsville and Mobile areas, Alabama experienced its worst day yet in the spread of COVID-19, the Alabama Department of Public Health reported Friday.

The agency’s COVID dashboard showed 1,758 new confirmed cases of the disease in its 24-hour report. That brought the total to 41,362 since the pandemic began in March. Another 507 cases were listed as probably from the virus, but not yet confirmed.

The number of deaths rose by 22 for a total of 983, plus 24 that are probably from the disease but still under study.

The daily figures reflected a dramatic increase in the growth of COVID-19. Statistics this week showed an average daily increase of 974 for the seven-day period thorugh Wednesday and an average increase of 823 a day for the 14-day period.

Jefferson County reported one of its biggest spikes on Friday, with 270 new confirmed cases to bring its total to 4,802. The state’s most populous county also listed nine deaths for a total of 152. Jefferson leads the state in both of those categories.

Madison County, home of Huntsville, had 167 new cases for a total of 1,271 but its death toll remained at seven. Mobile County reported 104 cases to raise its total to 3,904; its death count remained at 134.

Montgomery County, which had been the state’s covid hotspot during part of June, listed 72 cases to raise its total to 3,947, second behind Jefferson. It had one death for a total of 103,

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

Autauga 560 4309 12
Baldwin 828 16038 9
Barbour 345 1856 2
Bibb 186 2160 1
Blount 226 3254 1
Bullock 367 1329 9
Butler 623 2492 28
Calhoun 322 6733 5
Chambers 612 3181 27
Cherokee 85 1371 7
Chilton 228 2751 2
Choctaw 195 712 12
Clarke 272 2451 6
Clay 62 794 2
Cleburne 36 544 1
Coffee 370 3795 2
Colbert 383 4837 6
Conecuh 197 960 7
Coosa 58 521 1
Covington 343 2772 7
Crenshaw 125 1220 3
Cullman 435 6205 4
Dale 268 3293 0
Dallas 868 4972 9
DeKalb 694 5069 5
Elmore 864 6817 14
Escambia 332 2564 6
Etowah 707 9241 13
Fayette 67 1164 1
Franklin 878 3885 14
Geneva 78 1467 0
Greene 183 972 8
Hale 306 2243 21
Henry 131 1360 3
Houston 461 9416 4
Jackson 263 4769 2
Jefferson 4802 72231 152
Lamar 75 980 1
Lauderdale 473 7736 6
Lawrence 105 1333 0
Lee 1302 12098 37
Limestone 466 5199 0
Lowndes 463 1437 21
Macon 181 1444 9
Madison 1271 29361 7
Marengo 300 2794 11
Marion 214 2287 13
Marshall 1680 10485 10
Mobile 3904 38413 134
Monroe 231 1955 2
Montgomery 3947 20827 103
Morgan 1047 9800 5
Perry 162 1540 1
Pickens 222 1798 6
Pike 417 3325 5
Randolph 201 1513 9
Russell 519 3740 0
Shelby 1176 18450 23
St. Clair 347 6851 2
Sumter 284 1397 12
Talladega 300 5772 7
Tallapoosa 583 4867 69
Tuscaloosa 2188 22650 42
Unknown or Out of State N/A 0 N/A
Walker 905 7469 24
Washington 104 1151 7
Wilcox 289 1308 8
Winston 246 2400 3