Alabama’s COVID-19 totals continued to grow Tuesday, with the case count surpassing a quarter million, as the state Department of Public Health added 3,376 cases and 60 deaths.

The Health Department said the figures were inflated by the addition of cases that were unreported over the holiday weekend. Still, the daily averages for new cases, including for the Thanksgiving period, continued a steady rise.

The state has counted 252,900 cases of the disease and 3,638 deaths since the pandemic began in March.

The average case count for the past week stood at 2,291 a day, compared to 1,241 one month ago. The daily average for the past 14 days stood at 2,289, up from 1,190 on Nov. 1.

Counties across the Tennessee Valley accounted for the greatest per-capita growth of COVID-19 cases.

Jackson County in the northeast corner of the state has recorded 1,294 cases per 100,000 population over the past two weeks. Morgan County (Decatur) was second at 1,040, followed by nearby Marshall County (Albertville, Guntersville) at 1,013. Those were the only counties with more than 1,000 new cases per 100,000 residents over the past two weeks.

On the other end of the scale were three counties in the southern half of the state — Choctaw County (Butler) at 175, Barbour County (Clayton) at 219 and Russell County (Phenix City) at 283.

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