Coronavirus
Another Rise in COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in Alabama Reported Wednesday
The number of new COVID-19 cases and deaths in Alabama rose again Wednesday, led by the Birmingham area.
There were 1,161 confirmed new cases of the disease, along with 25 deaths, during the 24-hour period reported by the Alabama Department of Public Health on Wednesday morning. Another 522 cases and 26 deaths are listed as probably from COVID-19 but still under study. The state has recorded 46,464 confirmed cases and 1,032 deaths since the pandemic began in March.
Jefferson County reported 201 new cases and sixth deaths, bringing its totals to 5,687 cases and 161 deaths. Shelby County added 57 cases for a total of 1,414, and its death toll remained 24.
Mobile County recorded 96 new cases to bring its total to 4,315 and surpass Montgomery for second-most cases. Montgomery, once the hotspot in Alabama for COVID-19, had 29 new cases for a total of 4,275. Mobile’s death count remained at 136 while Montgomery listed four deaths for a total of 109.
Alabama’s largest number of cases for a 24-hour period came last Friday, when the Health Department’s COVID Dashboard listed a total of 1,758. The daily count had since dropped to as low as 888 on Tuesday.
The list of counties and numbers of confirmed cases, individuals tested and deaths.
Autauga | 643 | 4693 | 12 |
Baldwin | 1039 | 17933 | 9 |
Barbour | 362 | 2052 | 2 |
Bibb | 198 | 2277 | 1 |
Blount | 258 | 3627 | 1 |
Bullock | 369 | 1387 | 10 |
Butler | 637 | 2559 | 28 |
Calhoun | 403 | 7595 | 5 |
Chambers | 647 | 3486 | 27 |
Cherokee | 111 | 1553 | 7 |
Chilton | 276 | 3044 | 2 |
Choctaw | 199 | 741 | 12 |
Clarke | 287 | 2565 | 6 |
Clay | 69 | 881 | 2 |
Cleburne | 39 | 617 | 1 |
Coffee | 392 | 4025 | 3 |
Colbert | 442 | 5188 | 6 |
Conecuh | 218 | 1073 | 7 |
Coosa | 60 | 563 | 1 |
Covington | 381 | 3094 | 10 |
Crenshaw | 125 | 1270 | 3 |
Cullman | 490 | 6609 | 5 |
Dale | 326 | 3714 | 1 |
Dallas | 918 | 5348 | 9 |
DeKalb | 790 | 5549 | 5 |
Elmore | 975 | 7463 | 19 |
Escambia | 435 | 3067 | 8 |
Etowah | 834 | 10301 | 13 |
Fayette | 72 | 1244 | 1 |
Franklin | 906 | 4069 | 16 |
Geneva | 86 | 1564 | 0 |
Greene | 188 | 999 | 8 |
Hale | 317 | 2383 | 22 |
Henry | 140 | 1450 | 3 |
Houston | 536 | 10039 | 6 |
Jackson | 343 | 5430 | 2 |
Jefferson | 5687 | 78588 | 161 |
Lamar | 80 | 1037 | 1 |
Lauderdale | 514 | 8268 | 6 |
Lawrence | 113 | 1419 | 0 |
Lee | 1463 | 13196 | 37 |
Limestone | 525 | 5669 | 1 |
Lowndes | 479 | 1509 | 22 |
Macon | 202 | 1557 | 9 |
Madison | 1620 | 32600 | 8 |
Marengo | 320 | 2881 | 11 |
Marion | 241 | 2441 | 14 |
Marshall | 1815 | 11401 | 11 |
Mobile | 4315 | 41476 | 136 |
Monroe | 244 | 2171 | 2 |
Montgomery | 4275 | 22284 | 109 |
Morgan | 1157 | 10446 | 5 |
Perry | 179 | 1649 | 1 |
Pickens | 244 | 1884 | 6 |
Pike | 452 | 3491 | 5 |
Randolph | 228 | 1711 | 9 |
Russell | 589 | 4174 | 0 |
Shelby | 1414 | 20328 | 24 |
St. Clair | 440 | 7670 | 2 |
Sumter | 285 | 1425 | 12 |
Talladega | 333 | 6508 | 7 |
Tallapoosa | 606 | 5231 | 69 |
Tuscaloosa | 2382 | 24278 | 48 |
Unknown or Out of State | N/A | 0 | N/A |
Walker | 1018 | 7873 | 25 |
Washington | 121 | 1233 | 7 |
Wilcox | 295 | 1376 | 8 |
Winston | 277 | 2528 | 3 |