Alabama capped a week of record coronavirus numbers with another unwanted milestone today. The Alabama Department of Public Health confirmed 888 new cases of the virus overnight, taking the state’s 7-day average of new daily cases to a record 782.7. The previous high was 779, set on June 16.
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The 888 new cases are tied for fifth place in a single day since the start of the pandemic. The state has seen high numbers for each of the past four days: All four are in the top five for the highest daily new case count.
The state has now reported 34,605 total coronavirus cases, with 18,866 of which have been recovered.
The state also reported 11 new deaths today, bringing the total number of coronavirus deaths to 898.
The evidence has been up and down in Alabama. The state started the week with low test numbers, before seeing a big increase on Thursday. ADPH reported a little over 6,000 new tests today, reducing the 7-day average to 6,418 per day.
The percentage of tests that have tested positive in the last week is 12.2 percent, the highest in the last 10 days.
Jefferson County, home to Birmingham and the state’s most populous county, added more than 100 cases for the third consecutive day. Today saw 122 new cases, and now it has more than 3,600 cases since the start of the pandemic, the most in the state. Jefferson passed Montgomery County today.
The 7-day average for Jefferson County eclipsed 100 cases a day for the first time today, rising to 106.3, the highest 7-day average of any Alabama county seen during the pandemic.
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Mobile County recorded the state’s second-highest daily total of cases at 91. Marshall County, which saw cases rise to ‘out of control’ levels this week, added the third-highest in the state at 63, despite having less than half the population of some other counties near the top of the list. Montgomery County added 55 cases on Saturday and Tuscaloosa added 44, completing the top 5.
You can see where the new Alabama cases are here:
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Total coronavirus cases (and new daily cases) in each county as of June 27, classified by new case count:
- Jefferson 3603 (122)
- Mobile 3362 (91)
- Marshall 1389 (63)
- Montgomery 3576 (55)
- Tuscaloosa 1839 (44)
- Baldwin 539 (39)
- Madison 896 (32)
- Shelby 942 (28)
- Elmore 771 (27)
- Etowah 547 (26)
- Houston 420 (24)
- DeKalb 528 (22)
- Morgan 907 (21)
- Lee 1044 (18)
- Limestone 351 (17)
- Walker 780 (17)
- Dallas 744 (16)
- Talladega 220 (14)
- Covington 293 (13)
- Lauderdale 363 (11)
- Autauga 492 (10)
- St. Clair 247 (10)
- Calhoun 237 (9)
- Give it 230 (9)
- Monroe 187 (9)
- Bibb 158 (8)
- Colbert 341 (8)
- Bullock 354 (7)
- Cullman 372 (7)
- Exchange 215 (7)
- Perry 110 (6)
- Pike 388 (6)
- Russell 415 (6)
- Barbour 314 (5)
- Butler 597 (5)
- Coffee 339 (5)
- Lawrence 90 (5)
- Tallapoosa 539 (5)
- Blount 185 (4)
- Chilton 193 (4)
- Clarke 256 (4)
- Conecuh 163 (4)
- Greene 164 (4)
- Lowndes 436 (4)
- Marengo 264 (4)
- Marion 188 (4)
- Randolph 154 (4)
- Wilcox 271 (4)
- Franklin 829 (3)
- Hale 273 (3)
- Cameras 547 (2)
- Henry 132 (2)
- Pickens 190 (2)
- Winston 216 (2)
- Cherokee 66 (1)
- Cleburne 25 (1)
- Coosa 55 (1)
- Crenshaw 121 (1)
- Fayette 65 (1)
- Geneva 60 (1)
- Lamar 64 (1)
- Macon 160 (1)
- Washington 98 (1)
- Choctaw 188 (0)
- Clay 35 (0)
- Sumter 274 (0)
- Jackson 194 (-2)
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