The Alabama Department of Public Health reported 964 new coronavirus cases in Alabama on Friday, one day after it shattered the daily record with more than 1,100 cases. Friday’s new case load is the third highest since the start of the pandemic, and brings the running 7-day average for new cases in the state to 733.4.
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There have now been 33,717 confirmed coronavirus cases in Alabama since the start of the pandemic, with 18,888 of those presumed to have recovered.
The state also reported seven new coronavirus deaths Friday, bringing the 7-day average for deaths to 10.7 per day. 887 people in Alabama have died of the coronavirus since March 25.
Jefferson County, home of Birmingham, added by far the most new cases on Friday at 149. It’s the most by any one Alabama county in a day since the start of the pandemic. Jefferson’s new case rate has been accelerating over recent days, and it’s 7-day average is approaching 100 - it’s the highest it’s ever been. The county now has 3,481 total cases, and could pass Montgomery for the most cases in the state as soon as this weekend.
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Marshall County, where cases have gotten ‘out of control’ this week, added the second most new cases on Friday with 61. It now has 1,326 total cases, the most of any Alabama county with fewer than 100,000 people. Tuscaloosa county added 56 new cases, and now has 1,795 total.
For now, Montgomery County still has the state’s highest case tally at 3,521. It added 54 new cases on Friday. Mobile, which at one time had the state’s worst outbreak, added 52 new cases, rounding out the top five.
Hospitalizations are also up in Alabama, as the state reported 693 current coronavirus hospitalizations on Thursday - the last day for which data was available. That’s the most ever in a day, and brings the 7-day average for current hospitalizations to an all-time high of 659.
Testing in Alabama has been up slightly over the last two days. ADPH reported nearly 9,000 new tests Friday, after reporting more than 10,000 on Thursday. The 7-day average for new tests is 6,707.3. The percent of tests that have come back positive stands at 10.9 percent - higher than it’s been in a week.
Here’s where Alabama’s new cases are:
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Total cases (and new cases) by county:
- Jefferson 3481 (149)
- Marshall 1326 (61)
- Tuscaloosa 1795 (56)
- Montgomery 3521 (54)
- Mobile 3271 (52)
- Madison 864 (46)
- Baldwin 500 (38)
- Shelby 914 (37)
- Etowah 521 (36)
- Morgan 886 (27)
- Lee 1026 (25)
- Houston 396 (23)
- DeKalb 506 (22)
- Lauderdale 352 (20)
- Escambia 208 (18)
- Jackson 196 (18)
- Cullman 365 (17)
- Dallas 728 (17)
- Limestone 334 (16)
- Elmore 744 (14)
- Franklin 826 (14)
- Walker 763 (12)
- Chilton 189 (11)
- Chambers 545 (10)
- Colbert 333 (10)
- Covington 280 (10)
- Pickens 188 (10)
- Autauga 482 (9)
- Clarke 252 (9)
- St. Clair 237 (9)
- Blount 181 (8)
- Coffee 334 (8)
- Barbour 309 (6)
- Butler 592 (6)
- Conecuh 159 (6)
- Macon 159 (6)
- Talladega 206 (6)
- Wilcox 267 (6)
- Winston 214 (6)
- Dale 221 (5)
- Marengo 260 (5)
- Bibb 150 (4)
- Geneva 59 (4)
- Monroe 178 (4)
- Pike 382 (4)
- Calhoun 228 (3)
- Cherokee 65 (3)
- Hale 270 (3)
- Sumter 274 (3)
- Washington 97 (3)
- Fayette 64 (2)
- Henry 130 (2)
- Perry 104 (2)
- Russell 409 (2)
- Choctaw 188 (1)
- Cleburne 24 (1)
- Crenshaw 120 (1)
- Lamar 63 (1)
- Lawrence 85 (1)
- Lowndes 432 (1)
- Marion 184 (1)
- Bullock 347 (0)
- Clay 35 (0)
- Coosa 54 (0)
- Greene 160 (0)
- Randolph 150 (0)
- Tallapoosa 534 (0)
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