47 New COVID-19 Deaths Confirmed In Alabama

MONTGOMERY, AL — Alabama needed just 24 hours to top its record-high number of COVID-19 deaths set Tuesday. The Alabama Department of Public Health confirmed 47 deaths from the virus Wednesday, beating the previous day's total of 40.

The ADPH reported 1,784 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, and has confirmed 18,717 cases in the last two weeks alone. Total, the state has reported 58,225 cases, of which 29,736 are reported to have recovered, and 1,183 have died.

Alabama also has 1,353 COIV-19 hospitalizations, another record high.

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Gov. Kay Ivey issued a statewide mask ordinance Wednesday after seeing COVID-19 numbers in the state spike considerable over the last six week. Alabama has been in the top 5 nationally in new COVID-19 cases over the last month, and had reopened the state in May despite not meeting the CDC guidelines for opening.

In Wednesday's report, the counties with the most new cases reported over the last 24 hours:

• Jefferson County: 263 new cases; 7,449 total
• Madison County: 172 new cases; 2,901 total
• Mobile County: 143 new cases; 5,349 total
• Baldwin County: 103 new cases; 1,499 total
• Calhoun County: 65 new cases; 642 total

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• Ivey Issues Statewide Mask Mandate
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