Coronavirus
COVID-19 Cases, Deaths in Alabama Jump to Two-Week Highs
The daily numbers of new cases of COVID-19 and deaths from the disease in Alabama jumped Saturday to their highest levels in more than two weeks, the state Department of Pubic Health reported.
There were 1,561 confirmed new cases of the coronavirus and 42 deaths in the latest 24-hour period, according to the agency’s COVID Dashboard. That was the highest number of cases in a single day since 1,655 cases were reported on Aug. 10 and the greatest number of deaths since 48 on Aug. 11. The number of cases had been below 1,000 on six of the previous seven days.
The state has counted 115,284 confirmed cases, plus 8,462 listed as probable, since the pandemic began in mid-March. The death toll is 2,059, along with 90 listed as probably associated with the disease.
The dramatic jump in both categories was led by Jefferson County, which listed 266 new cases and 13 deaths. That was the most new cases for the state’s most populous county since it reported 300 on Aug. 6.
The only other countes with triple-digit increases were Lee County, home of Auburn University, with 109 and Shelby County with 101.
The list of counties with numbers of confirmed cases and deaths.