Alabama added 135 deaths from COVID-19, along with 4,758 new cases of the disease, in Wednesday’s daily update by the state Department of Public Health.

That raised the number of deaths since the pandemic began in March to 4,587. There have been 334,569 cases of the coronavirus.

The deaths represented the highest single-day addition so far. While ADPH’s daily updates account for new cases of COVID-19 for the most recent 24-hour period, deaths are reported to the agency on a more delayed basis and can be spread over several days.

The number of people hospitalized for the coronavirus in Alabama reached a record 2,527 on Tuesday, reflecting a steady growth in hospitalizations since the beginning of December. UAB said it had 169 coronavirus patients on Thursday.

The average number of new cases per day over the past week stood at a record 3,844 in Wednesday’s report. The seven-day average has risen from 2,291 on Dec. 1.

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