Alabama added 555 confirmed cases of COVID-19, along with 14 deaths from the disease, for the 24-hour period ending at 10 a.m. Wednesday, the state Department of Public Health reported.

There have been 21,626 confirmed cases, plus 363 probable cases, since the coronavirus pandemic began, the department said it is daily update. There have been 739 deaths from COVID-19 in the state, plus five more deaths that possibly resulted from the disease.

The Alabama Department of Public Health’s daily updated showed figures for COVID-19 cases from 10 a.m. Tuesday to 10 a.m. Wednesday.

The department about a week ago changed the way it reported test results for the coronavirus. Cases and deaths are counted as confirmed when test results have verified to be from the virus. Probable cases are ones in which patients have had contact with someone who has the virus and have symptoms of the disease, but a test hasn’t been run to verify the diagnosis or the test results are not back.

For at least the third day in a row, Montgomery County was the hotspot in Alabama for COVID-19, reporting 69 new cases and five more deaths. The county has a total of 2,290 confirmed cases and 61 deaths since the pandemic started.

Mobile was second among the counties in new cases, reporting 58 over the 24-h0ur period to bring its total to 2,545. It had one new death, raising its total to 227.

Jefferson County had 56 new cases, increasing its total to 2,187, and two additional deaths, for a total of 112.

Tuscaloosa County listed 33 new cases, for a total of 1,009; its death toll remained at 23.

Here is the list of counties and their cases, tests conducted and deaths: