Coronavirus
Alabama Records Highest Number of COVID-19 Cases This Month in Saturday Report
The Alabama Department of Public Health reported 1,156 confirmed new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, the highest daily total so far in September. The count was the highest for a single day since a total of 1,172 confirmed cases on Aug. 30.
The agency’s daily dashboard showed a total of 129,974 confirmed cases plus 14,190 probable cases of COVID-19, for a total of 144,164 since the state reported its first positive diagnosis on March 13.
The number of confirmed cases was below the 600 mark three times this week, dropping to a low of 504 on Monday, Sept. 14. Saturday’s report was the second in September when the daily total topped the 1,000 level — the previous time having been 1,038 on Sept. 5.
There were six deaths in Saturday’s report, raising the overall number of confirmed deaths from the disease to 2,290, plus 147 probable for a total of 2,437. Four of the deaths were in Jefferson County, which has reported 328 during the pandemic, the most in Alabama.
Jefferson County led the state with 142 confirmed cases, for a total of 18,113 overall; Lee County was second with 98, bringing its total to 3,749.
The list of counties with numbers of confirmed cases, individuals tested and confirmed deaths.
| Autauga | 1510 | 11350 | 23 |
| Baldwin | 4866 | 43924 | 45 |
| Barbour | 640 | 4802 | 7 |
| Bibb | 599 | 5079 | 6 |
| Blount | 1192 | 9877 | 14 |
| Bullock | 562 | 2603 | 13 |
| Butler | 873 | 4321 | 37 |
| Calhoun | 2976 | 25565 | 32 |
| Chambers | 876 | 7684 | 40 |
| Cherokee | 429 | 4215 | 12 |
| Chilton | 1302 | 8049 | 22 |
| Choctaw | 334 | 1482 | 12 |
| Clarke | 939 | 5922 | 15 |
| Clay | 485 | 2978 | 7 |
| Cleburne | 307 | 1945 | 6 |
| Coffee | 1072 | 11886 | 5 |
| Colbert | 1558 | 10971 | 25 |
| Conecuh | 453 | 2322 | 11 |
| Coosa | 121 | 1427 | 3 |
| Covington | 854 | 7999 | 25 |
| Crenshaw | 427 | 2892 | 30 |
| Cullman | 1579 | 16864 | 15 |
| Dale | 1139 | 10725 | 43 |
| Dallas | 1485 | 9835 | 25 |
| DeKalb | 2217 | 14089 | 17 |
| Elmore | 2283 | 18169 | 44 |
| Escambia | 1317 | 7765 | 24 |
| Etowah | 2975 | 25564 | 44 |
| Fayette | 374 | 3394 | 9 |
| Franklin | 1707 | 7783 | 28 |
| Geneva | 450 | 5025 | 3 |
| Greene | 285 | 1923 | 14 |
| Hale | 567 | 4385 | 27 |
| Henry | 373 | 3791 | 3 |
| Houston | 2076 | 28488 | 15 |
| Jackson | 1420 | 13426 | 9 |
| Jefferson | 18113 | 187443 | 328 |
| Lamar | 317 | 2822 | 2 |
| Lauderdale | 1599 | 16755 | 31 |
| Lawrence | 563 | 3729 | 20 |
| Lee | 3749 | 43321 | 49 |
| Limestone | 1904 | 16019 | 18 |
| Lowndes | 617 | 2448 | 25 |
| Macon | 426 | 3420 | 17 |
| Madison | 7144 | 84124 | 67 |
| Marengo | 666 | 5045 | 18 |
| Marion | 824 | 5465 | 27 |
| Marshall | 3613 | 22819 | 42 |
| Mobile | 12655 | 94247 | 283 |
| Monroe | 448 | 4260 | 7 |
| Montgomery | 8328 | 49420 | 169 |
| Morgan | 3059 | 23423 | 25 |
| Perry | 490 | 2971 | 6 |
| Pickens | 582 | 4601 | 13 |
| Pike | 906 | 8228 | 8 |
| Randolph | 535 | 3994 | 11 |
| Russell | 1604 | 10285 | 2 |
| Shelby | 4934 | 51571 | 41 |
| St. Clair | 1902 | 19395 | 33 |
| Sumter | 408 | 2413 | 19 |
| Talladega | 1428 | 16388 | 23 |
| Tallapoosa | 967 | 9886 | 82 |
| Tuscaloosa | 5844 | 57972 | 102 |
| Unknown or Out of State | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Walker | 2083 | 14861 | 76 |
| Washington | 512 | 3185 | 13 |
| Wilcox | 480 | 2436 | 11 |
| Winston | 652 | 4876 | 12 |
