As of Monday afternoon, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the state stood at 1,999 with a total of 32 confirmed deaths as a result of the illness. Approximately 15,000 people have been tested – and some 240 have thus far been hospitalized in connection with novel coronavirus since March 13th.
Here in Cherokee County 53 individuals have been tested and we have six confirmed cases; neighboring DeKalb County currently has 14 confirmed cases.
The latest county-by-county numbers have been posted below:
Autauga — 12, 1 reported death
Baldwin — 38, 1 reported death
Barbour — 3
Bibb — 7
Blount — 10
Bullock — 2
Butler — 1
Calhoun — 38
Chambers — 96, 7 reported, 5 confirmed deaths
Cherokee — 6
Chilton — 19
Choctaw — 6
Clarke – 9
Clay — 9
Cleburne — 9
Coffee — 8
Colbert — 7, 1 reported death
Conecuh — 2
Coosa — 8
Covington — 5
Crenshaw — 2
Cullman — 20, 1 reported death
Dale — 4
Dallas — 7
DeKalb — 14
Elmore — 20
Escambia — 3
Etowah — 42, 3 reported and 2 confirmed deaths
Fayette — 1
Franklin — 7
Greene — 8
Hale — 5
Henry — 4
Houston — 24, 1 reported death
Jackson — 17, 1 reported and 1 confirmed death
Jefferson — 438, 11 reported deaths, 5 confirmed deaths
Lamar — 5
Lauderdale — 16, 2 reported and 1 confirmed death
Lawrence — 8
Lee — 118, 3 reported and 2 confirmed deaths
Limestone — 33
Lowndes — 6
Macon — 5
Madison — 141, 2 reported, 1 confirmed death
Marengo — 13
Marion — 19, 2 reported, 1 confirmed
Marshall — 34, 1 reported death
Mobile — 143, 6 reported, 5 confirmed deaths
Monroe — 5
Montgomery — 71, 1 reported and confirmed death
Morgan — 30
Perry — 1
Pickens — 13
Pike — 14
Randolph –12, 1 reported and confirmed death
Russell — 10
Shelby — 149, 5 reported and confirmed deaths
St. Clair — 31
Sumter — 10
Talladega — 20
Tallapoosa — 31, 1 reported and confirmed death
Tuscaloosa — 74
Walker — 54
Washington — 6, 1 reported and confirmed death
Wilcox — 13
Winston — 3
According to the Alabama Department of Public Health, reported deaths are those deaths of people that tested positive for COVID-19 that are under investigation to determine if the virus actually caused the death while the number of reported cases included cases that’ve been confirmed in the same county.