Coronavirus

COVID-19 Cases Up 50% Since Wednesday

Illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Source: CDC.

The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Alabama climbed today to 1,535, growing by more than 50% since Wednesday morning. One week ago, the state had 604 confirmed cases and three deaths. The state Department of Public Health reported this afternoon that there have been 21 confirmed deaths from the disease, and the state is investigating 17 other deaths of people who had been diagnosed with the virus.

Jefferson County still leads the state with 369 confirmed cases but no confirmed deaths from COVID-19. Officials are investigating six deaths in the county of patients who had been diagnosed with the disease.

 

Madison County has reported 123 confirmed cases and one death while Shelby County counted 115 cases and three deaths. Chambers and Mobile counties lead the state in deaths with four each.

Here is the full list of counties, reported deaths and confirmed deaths.

 

County                                      Cases                                      Deaths                                     Died from COVID-19

 

Autauga 12 0 0
Baldwin 28 1 0
Barbour 1 0 0
Bibb 4 0 0
Blount 9 0 0
Bullock 2 0 0
Butler 1 0 0
Calhoun 20 0 0
Chambers 81 5 4
Cherokee 5 0 0
Chilton 15 0 0
Choctaw 4 0 0
Clarke 3 0 0
Clay 8 0 0
Cleburne 7 0 0
Coffee 6 0 0
Colbert 5 0 0
Conecuh 1 0 0
Coosa 6 0 0
Covington 4 0 0
Crenshaw 1 0 0
Cullman 15 1 0
Dale 1 0 0
Dallas 7 0 0
DeKalb 10 0 0
Elmore 19 0 0
Escambia 2 0 0
Etowah 21 2 1
Fayette 1 0 0
Franklin 5 0 0
Geneva 0 0 0
Greene 5 0 0
Hale 3 0 0
Henry 2 0 0
Houston 12 1 0
Jackson 12 1 1
Jefferson 369 6 0
Lamar 1 0 0
Lauderdale 14 2 1
Lawrence 4 0 0
Lee 99 3 2
Limestone 30 0 0
Lowndes 2 0 0
Macon 5 0 0
Madison 123 1 1
Marengo 8 0 0
Marion 16 2 1
Marshall 17 0 0
Mobile 103 5 4
Monroe 5 0 0
Montgomery 61 1 1
Morgan 24 0 0
Perry 0 0 0
Pickens 11 0 0
Pike 10 0 0
Randolph 10 1 0
Russell 4 0 0
St. Clair 23 0 0
Shelby 115 4 3
Sumter 7 0 0
Talladega 12 0 0
Tallapoosa 20 1 1
Tuscaloosa 41 0 0
Walker 49 0 0
Washington 5 1 1
Wilcox 6 0 0
Winston 3 0 0
Total 1535 38 21