The number of COVID-positive inpatients at UAB rose Wednesday to its highest level in more than a month.

The hospital was treating 73 COVID patients, according to its daily report. UAB had a peak of 124 inpatients with the disease on Aug. 3, and the number dropped to as low as 44 on Sept. 18. It fluctuated after that and stood at 61 on Oct. 16.

It has risen steadily since then to Wednesday’s number.

Statewide, the number of hospitalizations was up slightly on Tuesday — the latest day for which figures were available — to 863. That’s highest since that same figure was reported on Sept. 4.

The Alabama Department of Public Health’s COVID Dashboard showed 1,146 new cases of the disease and 23 deaths in Wednesday’s update. The number of cases was the highest single-day total since 1,288 on Oct. 17.

That brought the total number of cases since the pandemic began in March to 175,674 and the number of deaths to 2,828. ADPH said it was experiencing technical problems and by late afternoon did not have complete figures on numbers of confirmed and probable cases.

Jefferson County reported 157 new cases. It was the only county with a triple-digit increase.

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