Coronavirus

North Alabama Counties Are Hotspots as State Records 3,390 Cases of COVID-19

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With COVID-19 hotspots scattered across north Alabama, the state recorded 3,390 new cases of the disease and 46 deaths, the state Department of Public Health reported Saturday.

It was the fifth consecutive day with more than 3,000 cases, pushing the totals for the pandemic to 267,390 cases and 3,877 deaths. Alabama is averaging 3,228 new cases a day over the past week, compared to 1,241 daily for the week ending Nov. 1.

The number of people in Alabama hospitals for treatment of the coronavirus also stood at a record level — 1,875 on Friday. That is up from 1,571 one week ago.

Jackson County (Scottsboro), in the northeast corner of the state, recorded 104 new cases in Saturday’s report, and it leads the state with 1,873 new cases per 100,000 residents over the past two weeks.

Two nearby Tennessee valley counties are high on the list. Marshall County (Albertville, Guntersville) is second with 1,328, and Morgan County (Decatur) lists 1,165. Other counties, all in north Alabama, with more than 1,000 cases per 100,000 population over the past two weeks are Etowah, 1,301; Fayette, 1,270; Cullman, 1,076; Winston, 1,041; and Colbert, 1,032,

Chambers County in southwest Alabama has the lowest rate of 175 cases per 100,000 population over the last 14 days. Jefferson County stands at 870, Madison County at 751, Montgomery County at 420 and Mobile County at 370.

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

Autauga 2979 17804 42
Baldwin 9626 71128 138
Barbour 1219 7025 29
Bibb 1283 9555 38
Blount 3281 15883 46
Bullock 713 3520 20
Butler 1225 5934 42
Calhoun 7027 40893 127
Chambers 1901 11992 54
Cherokee 1090 6347 24
Chilton 2372 12165 45
Choctaw 438 1966 20
Clarke 1660 8683 22
Clay 956 4603 27
Cleburne 819 3569 14
Coffee 2637 18131 23
Colbert 3516 19473 49
Conecuh 735 3262 15
Coosa 393 2268 4
Covington 2358 12088 38
Crenshaw 741 4037 31
Cullman 4985 28454 53
Dale 2510 17894 59
Dallas 2378 12865 33
DeKalb 5282 22633 43
Elmore 4446 29811 70
Escambia 2096 10626 32
Etowah 7168 40329 70
Fayette 1045 5755 16
Franklin 2685 11162 34
Geneva 1305 8442 9
Greene 466 2903 18
Hale 1024 6542 32
Henry 921 6125 7
Houston 5650 45186 42
Jackson 3839 21773 23
Jefferson 36002 289981 519
Lamar 744 4200 8
Lauderdale 4593 29620 57
Lawrence 1421 6566 36
Lee 8131 61670 68
Limestone 4697 25751 47
Lowndes 833 3221 30
Macon 778 5210 22
Madison 14854 132641 159
Marengo 1292 8099 24
Marion 1530 8875 36
Marshall 7063 33050 58
Mobile 20764 135183 377
Monroe 855 5889 11
Montgomery 12919 73739 247
Morgan 7512 38003 58
Perry 706 3731 7
Pickens 1306 7638 21
Pike 1660 10987 15
Randolph 1083 5961 22
Russell 2350 14037 3
St. Clair 4733 29459 57
Shelby 11450 82811 79
Sumter 612 3467 22
Talladega 3911 24787 60
Tallapoosa 1928 15301 92
Tuscaloosa 14065 101794 176
Walker 3950 21932 112
Washington 944 4768 22
Wilcox 662 3144 18
Winston 1472 7599 25
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