Coronavirus

State’s COVID-19 Cases Count Tops 14,000; 549 People Have Died

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On Saturday, 479 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed and eight more people died from the virus.

The increase brings the state’s totals to 14,149  cases and 549 deaths, according to the Alabama Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Data and Surveillance Dashboard.

In the past 14 days, 4,496 more people have been diagnosed with the disease.

Mobile County has been the hardest-hit county in the state, with 1,982 cases. That includes 66 new cases recorded Saturday. The county has had 109 deaths.

Jefferson County follows with 1,575 cases, 77 of those new Saturday, and 88 deaths. Montgomery County, which recently has become a hot spot for the disease, reported 1,147 cases, 51 of those new Saturday, and 30 deaths.

Of the remaining counties, Tallapoosa continues to lead in deaths, with 62. Twenty-three of the people who have died were residents of the Bill Nichols Veterans Home in Alexander City. The county has had 392 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed. Adjacent Lee County has had 32 deaths and 488 confirmed cases of the disease. Nearby Chambers County has had 23 reported deaths and 330 cases.

Other counties with 200 or more confirmed cases are: Marshall, 645 cases and nine deaths; Tuscaloosa, 480 cases and nine deaths; Franklin, 435 cases and six deaths; Shelby, 427 cases and 19 deaths; Butler, 335 cases and 11 deaths; Madison, 292 cases and four deaths; Baldwin, 273 cases and nine deaths; Elmore, 255 cases and seven deaths; Etowah, 228 cases and 10 deaths; and DeKalb County, 216 cases and three deaths.

Here is the full list of counties with number of cases, number of tests for the disease and deaths.

Autauga 155 1775 3
Baldwin 273 7042 9
Barbour 105 685 1
Bibb 58 1193 1
Blount 49 1320 1
Bullock 105 376 1
Butler 335 1298 11
Calhoun 138 3141 3
Chambers 330 1356 23
Cherokee 33 605 2
Chilton 86 1210 1
Choctaw 140 425 4
Clarke 97 995 2
Clay 27 437 2
Cleburne 13 206 1
Coffee 196 1611 1
Colbert 125 2256 2
Conecuh 25 288 1
Coosa 33 252 1
Covington 63 1024 1
Crenshaw 58 642 2
Cullman 74 2384 0
Dale 81 987 0
Dallas 191 1696 3
DeKalb 216 1676 3
Elmore 255 2637 7
Escambia 40 1022 3
Etowah 228 3861 10
Fayette 11 504 0
Franklin 435 1786 6
Geneva 31 564 0
Greene 90 450 4
Hale 124 774 3
Henry 52 434 1
Houston 161 2884 4
Jackson 69 2193 2
Jefferson 1575 33352 88
Lamar 18 441 0
Lauderdale 126 3502 2
Lawrence 41 599 0
Lee 488 5538 32
Limestone 72 2009 0
Lowndes 182 507 10
Macon 59 618 2
Madison 292 13797 4
Marengo 132 1384 6
Marion 109 1317 10
Marshall 645 4951 9
Mobile 1982 18964 109
Monroe 26 490 2
Montgomery 1147 7621 30
Morgan 157 3284 1
Perry 30 528 0
Pickens 88 852 4
Pike 130 1230 0
Randolph 124 876 7
Russell 125 1230 0
Shelby 427 8075 19
St. Clair 100 2785 1
Sumter 185 926 6
Talladega 86 2643 2
Tallapoosa 392 2570 62
Tuscaloosa 480 8116 11
Unknown or Out of State N/A 0 N/A
Walker 191 2435 1
Washington 64 506 5
Wilcox 113 492 7
Winston 61 946 0
Cases:
14149
Tested:
184573
Deaths:
549