The number of COVID-19 cases in Alabama grew by 969 Wednesday to a total of 106,784, the Alabama Department of Public Health reported. The state added nine deaths during the latest 24-hour period, raising the total since the pandemic began in mid-March to 1,876.

An additional 4,694 cases and 68 deaths were listed as probably from the coronavirus.

The state has averaged 855 new cases per day over the past week; the highest daily total during that period was 1,220 on Aug. 18 and the lowest was 516 on Aug. 17. For the past two weeks, the daily totals have ranged from 1,786 on Aug. 8 to 516 on Aug. 17, with an average of 1,072 new cases daily for the 14-day period.

Jefferson County again led the state on Wednesday with 139 new cases and eight of the state’s nine deaths. The state’s most populous county has totaled 14,337 cases and 272 deaths during the pandemic.

The only other county with a triple-digit number in Wednesday’s report was Mobile County, which had 126 cases to raise its total to 11,274.

The list of counties with numbers of cases and deaths.