Alabama continued its record-setting climb in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Friday’s update by the state Department of Public Health.

The agency reported an increase of 5,348 cases in its daily update, 382 of those came from late reports for Dec. 10 to Dec. 12. That left a total of 4,966 new cases during the latest 24-hour period, up from the previous record of 4,695 in Thursday’s report.

Jefferson County accounted for 956 of the cases, bringing its total to 44,274 cases since the pandemic began. Counties of the state’s four largest cities together reported more than one-third of the cases, with Madison County (Huntsville) listing 500 cases; Mobile County, 249; and Montgomery County, 212.

A total of 29,912 people have been hospitalized for the coronavirus in the state throughtout the pandemic, and a record 2,425 were in hospitals on Thursday. UAB also reported a record, with 175 COVID-19 patients on Thursday.

ADPH added 42 deaths in the report, bringing the overall total to 4,296.

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