More Than Half Of AL's Coronavirus Patients Have Recovered

MONTGOMERY, AL — The Alabama Department of Public Health has started posting the number of patients who have recovered from COVID-19 in the state, in addition to posting the total number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths.

On Friday morning, the ADPH dashboard showed that 7,951 COVID-19 patients are presumed to have recovered from the virus. In all, the state has confirmed 13,418 cases of COVID-19 with 533 deaths. The department reported that 174,573 tests for COVID-19 have been administered statewide.

The department reports that 65,813 COVID-19 tests have been administered in the last two weeks, with 4,051 patients testing positive for the virus.

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In a 48-hour span Wednesday and Thursday this week, 752 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Alabama, the largest two-day total of new cases recorded since the pandemic began.

COVID-19 In Alabama By The Numbers

Alabama has bucked many of the global trends as far as who is getting COVID-19. Of the approximately 13,400 cases of the virus in the state, 39.69 percent of the patients are between the ages of 25-49 — the highest percentage of any age group in Alabama — with 24 percent of cases in people over the age of 65. However, the 65 and older age group represents 81.4 percent of all COVID-19 deaths in the state.

While male patients have typically tested positive more often than female patients globally, 57.9 percent of patients who tested positive for the virus in Alabama are female. Male patients made up the majority of COVID-19 deaths in Alabama, however, with 55 percent of the fatalities.

The racial breakdown of positive COVID-19 tests shows that 41.11 percent of patients who tested positive in Alabama were white, and 40.74 percent were black.

The counties with the most COVID-19 cases as of Friday morning:

• Mobile County: 1,878 confirmed cases; 17,591 tested; 107 deaths
• Jefferson County: 1,469 confirmed cases; 31,812 tested; 85 deaths
• Montgomery County: 1,052 confirmed cases; 7,141 tested; 28 deaths
• Marshall County: 643 confirmed cases; 4,814 tested; 9 deaths
• Lee County: 467 confirmed cases; 5,278 tested; 32 deaths

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