Coronavirus
COVID-19 Spread Reaches Record Pace in Alabama
The spread of COVID-19 in Alabama continued at a record pace over the past week, according to Friday’s update by the state Department of Public Health.
There were 5,128 new cases on Friday, raising the total for the pandemic to 714,860. The state has averaged 4,719 new cases a day over the past week, eclipsing the record of 4,705 set on Thursday. The highest seven-day average before then was 4,381 on Jan. 10.
There have been 12,394 deaths from Covid, according to the Alabama Department of Public Health Covid dashboard. The agency on Friday reported 64 new deaths, compared to Thursday’s 32 deaths, for a seven- day average 34.
ADPH reported a slight drop in the number of Covid patients in Alabama hospitals on Friday. There were 2,629 coronavirus patients in hospitals across the state, down from 2,782 on Thursday.
| AUTAUGA | 8909 | 119 | -42.3 | 24.1 | 366.9 |
| BALDWIN | 33789 | 392 | -29.2 | 25.5 | 492.8 |
| BARBOUR | 3142 | 65 | 5 | 31.7 | 510.4 |
| BIBB | 3580 | 74 | 2.2 | 22.4 | 616.2 |
| BLOUNT | 8763 | 146 | -40 | 26.3 | 337.2 |
| BULLOCK | 1399 | 42 | -4.2 | 19 | 227.7 |
| BUTLER | 2866 | 76 | -22.2 | 35 | 431.9 |
| CALHOUN | 18310 | 355 | -12.1 | 30.7 | 517.6 |
| CHAMBERS | 4840 | 127 | 0.6 | 23.9 | 538.3 |
| CHEROKEE | 2529 | 49 | -31.5 | 27.2 | 381.7 |
| CHILTON | 5772 | 120 | -22.5 | 23.7 | 387.1 |
| CHOCTAW | 692 | 25 | -11.1 | 23.1 | 63.5 |
| CLARKE | 4280 | 68 | -33.3 | 23.1 | 203.2 |
| CLAY | 2038 | 60 | -52.5 | 20.4 | 430.7 |
| CLEBURNE | 1933 | 46 | 26.4 | 33.3 | 449.4 |
| COFFEE | 8152 | 147 | -13.8 | 28.1 | 464.3 |
| COLBERT | 7828 | 154 | -6.5 | 23.3 | 336.7 |
| CONECUH | 1601 | 35 | -27.7 | 30.5 | 563.5 |
| COOSA | 1457 | 31 | 7 | 22.5 | 572.1 |
| COVINGTON | 5843 | 150 | -22.9 | 30.2 | 364.4 |
| CRENSHAW | 2129 | 61 | -4.3 | 48.5 | 653.5 |
| CULLMAN | 12731 | 222 | -15.2 | 18.1 | 481.1 |
| DALE | 7697 | 135 | -20.5 | 36.8 | 567.4 |
| DALLAS | 4386 | 170 | -34.3 | 25.7 | 309.2 |
| DEKALB | 11132 | 211 | -25.1 | 28 | 342.6 |
| ELMORE | 13120 | 236 | -25.9 | 25.6 | 444.5 |
| ESCAMBIA | 5863 | 95 | -1 | 20 | 515.9 |
| ETOWAH | 17485 | 394 | -8.9 | 25.4 | 431.2 |
| FAYETTE | 2531 | 66 | 9.8 | 24.3 | 343.5 |
| FRANKLIN | 5309 | 90 | -29.5 | 23 | 334.8 |
| GENEVA | 3827 | 94 | -21.5 | 35.6 | 445.4 |
| GREENE | 1148 | 40 | -76.5 | 9.7 | 147.9 |
| HALE | 2720 | 81 | -38.2 | 15.5 | 430 |
| HENRY | 2699 | 48 | 23.8 | 24.8 | 453.4 |
| HOUSTON | 15021 | 322 | -29.2 | 26.6 | 304.1 |
| JACKSON | 8436 | 125 | 19.9 | 18 | 513.3 |
| JEFFERSON | 103264 | 1667 | -26.8 | 18.2 | 492 |
| LAMAR | 1736 | 38 | -27.1 | 19.7 | 253.5 |
| LAUDERDALE | 12198 | 259 | -24.9 | 18.5 | 327.8 |
| LAWRENCE | 3820 | 100 | -41.8 | 32.2 | 291.6 |
| LEE | 20486 | 195 | -17.6 | 20.6 | 330 |
| LIMESTONE | 12927 | 173 | -10.4 | 21.6 | 460 |
| LOWNDES | 1623 | 55 | -34.7 | 14.7 | 329 |
| MACON | 1999 | 54 | 14.5 | 17.8 | 348.7 |
| MADISON | 44833 | 556 | -29.7 | 20 | 380.5 |
| MARENGO | 3045 | 74 | 1.7 | 27.1 | 318.1 |
| MARION | 4185 | 111 | -23 | 18.4 | 417.4 |
| MARSHALL | 16007 | 249 | -18.1 | 26.4 | 628.3 |
| MOBILE | 64789 | 1054 | -35.5 | 24.8 | 462.2 |
| MONROE | 2845 | 44 | -21.1 | 33.6 | 723.5 |
| MONTGOMERY | 30877 | 639 | -26.6 | 25.7 | 368.2 |
| MORGAN | 17836 | 302 | -21.7 | 23.4 | 499.7 |
| PERRY | 1270 | 30 | -44.2 | 24.8 | 325 |
| PICKENS | 2838 | 63 | -6.9 | 29.4 | 406.4 |
| PIKE | 4082 | 84 | -18.3 | 19.1 | 311 |
| RANDOLPH | 2592 | 54 | -18.2 | 21.3 | 594.1 |
| RUSSELL | 5587 | 51 | -48.2 | 23.8 | 170.8 |
| SHELBY | 32818 | 276 | -13.6 | 20.2 | 511.2 |
| ST. CLAIR | 13594 | 261 | -13.8 | 26.4 | 660.2 |
| SUMTER | 1195 | 35 | -50 | 6.5 | 56.3 |
| TALLADEGA | 11078 | 194 | 1.6 | 28.8 | 623.9 |
| TALLAPOOSA | 5740 | 163 | -11.9 | 15.7 | 589.6 |
| TUSCALOOSA | 30793 | 487 | 7.4 | 20.4 | 382.6 |
| WALKER | 9359 | 300 | -24.4 | 24.1 | 418.8 |
| WASHINGTON | 2338 | 43 | -61.3 | 27.8 | 177.6 |
| WILCOX | 1466 | 33 | -52.2 | 24.6 | 106 |
| WINSTON | 3683 | 79 | -12.1 | 25.5 | 490.9 |
