The Alabama Department of Public Health figures released Monday (August 10th) show an increase of 1,665 cases over Sunday, which brings the state’s running total to 99,390 – with the death toll from COVID-19 climbing to a total of 1,733.

Cherokee County has so far seen a total of 275 confirmed cases with another 29 being listed as “probable” with another death being attributed to the illness, bringing the total to eight – with one other listed as “probable” in that category.

Numbers in neighboring counties are as follows:

Calhoun – 1,807 confirmed cases with 17 deaths;

Cleburne – 127 confirmed cases with 1 death;

DeKalb – 1,830 confirmed cases with 13 deaths;

Etowah – 2,162 confirmed cases with 32 deaths.

The total number of people, who at one point had to be hospitalized, stands at 11,633.

The number of presumed recoveries statewide currently stands at 37,923.

That information is updated weekly.

Daily updates are usually released around 10:00am; those are posted on the ADPH COVID-19 Data & Surveillance Dashboard on the right-hand side of our news site at weisradio.com