The Alabama Department of Public Health reported 3,531 new coronavirus cases Thursday – making it the third day in a row that more than 3,000 cases have been added in a 24-hour period.  The high numbers posted on Tuesday and Wednesday included backlogged cases from the Thanksgiving holiday, but Thursday’s total didn’t seem to include older results.  If there are no old cases in that number Thursday’s total would be the highest the state has ever seen in a day without a backlog.

And the state is breaking records for current virus hospitalizations, reporting 1,800 current virus inpatients for the first time ever on Wednesday of this week.

The ADPH also reported 65 deaths on Thursday – the third consecutive day with at least 60 deaths entering the system.  Alabama’s virus numbers look much worse than they did just three days ago – the state has added nearly 11,000 cases and 200 deaths to its totals in that time.

Since March, Alabama has now reported more than 260,000 virus cases and nearly 3,800 virus deaths.

(AL.COM/www.al.com)