Coronavirus

Daily COVID-19 Count Reaches Highest Number So Far This Week

Coronavirus illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Alabama’s COVID-19 case count grew by 941 on Wednesday, the biggest daily total so far this week, according to the state Department of Public Health’s dashboard.

There have been 161,418 cases of the disease in the state since the pandemic began in March. The total includes 142,292 confirmed cases and 19,126 listed as probable. Previously this week, the daily totals of new cases were 789 on Sunday, 544 on Monday and 764 on Tuesday.

The Health Department’s daily update showed 24 new deaths, including seven in Mobile County, to push the state’s total to 2,601. That includes 2,454 confirmed as being from COVID-19 and 147 shown as probable.

Jefferson County reported 96 new cases, increasing its overall total to 96.

Alabama has recorded 3,273 cases of the disease per 100,000 residents, according to listings compiled by The New York Times. The newspaper showed these figures for surrounding states: Mississippi, 3,416 per 100,000 population; Florida, 3,353; Tennessee, 2,962; Georgia, 2,906.

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

Autauga 1852 12694 27
Baldwin 6134 52522 56
Barbour 927 5303 7
Bibb 703 5668 10
Blount 1673 10872 16
Bullock 618 2823 16
Butler 933 4592 40
Calhoun 3743 28925 45
Chambers 1211 8423 43
Cherokee 651 4691 13
Chilton 1679 9217 30
Choctaw 368 1640 12
Clarke 1166 6481 16
Clay 623 3378 9
Cleburne 448 2346 6
Coffee 1486 13295 5
Colbert 1765 12640 26
Conecuh 540 2454 12
Coosa 180 1566 3
Covington 1495 8716 28
Crenshaw 554 3115 30
Cullman 1997 18862 21
Dale 1526 12622 48
Dallas 1815 10488 26
DeKalb 2700 15793 21
Elmore 2874 20779 50
Escambia 1662 8338 27
Etowah 3726 28247 45
Fayette 490 3793 10
Franklin 1868 8461 30
Geneva 763 5885 6
Greene 311 2100 15
Hale 679 4942 28
Henry 574 4510 5
Houston 3412 33577 25
Jackson 1735 14934 12
Jefferson 20938 209113 353
Lamar 402 3132 2
Lauderdale 1862 19515 37
Lawrence 685 4321 26
Lee 6218 47517 63
Limestone 2368 17908 22
Lowndes 669 2594 27
Macon 501 3705 18
Madison 8332 92425 80
Marengo 754 5554 20
Marion 1009 6511 29
Marshall 4064 24553 45
Mobile 13811 102515 307
Monroe 598 4478 9
Montgomery 9083 54007 188
Morgan 3536 25720 31
Perry 546 3094 6
Pickens 688 5226 15
Pike 1246 8881 12
Randolph 716 4478 13
Russell 1834 11328 3
St. Clair 2510 21460 38
Shelby 6485 58458 56
Sumter 443 2607 21
Talladega 2291 18065 31
Tallapoosa 1209 11000 85
Tuscaloosa 9352 73110 121
Walker 2472 16371 89
Washington 587 3461 12
Wilcox 540 2563 11
Winston 788 5468 12