Alabama Averages 1,000 New COVID-19 Cases Last 2 Days

MONTGOMERY, AL — With 976 new COVID-19 cases reported by the Alabama Department of Public Health for Saturday, the state has now averaged 1,000 new cases of the virus per day over the last two days.

In the last two weeks, the state has confirmed 7,227 new cases of COVID-19, with 87,078 tests administered over that time period. Since the state reopened April 30, the average daily increase in confirmed cases has risen 309 percent from 177 cases per day on April 30 to 724 cases per day by June 14. Average tests per day have increased only 7 percent.

Total, the ADPH has confirmed 25,235 cases of the virus statewide, with 768 deaths, and 13,508 patients presumed to have recovered.

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New cases of COVID-19 over the last week:

• June 7: 430 new cases
• June 8: 488 new cases
• June 9: 562 new cases
• June 10: 849 new cases
• June 11: 720 new cases
• June 12: 1,075 new cases
• June 13: 976 new cases

Montgomery County became the state's leader for total COVID-19 cases, posting 2,791 cases — 737 in the last week alone.

Montgomery, Mobile and Jefferson counties continue to outpace any other counties in the state for total cases of the virus, with each posting more than 2,400 total cases. No other county in the state has even reached 1,200 cases.

As of Sunday those three counties' numbers looked like this:

• Montgomery County: 2,791 cases; 1,074 in the last 14 days
• Mobile County: 2,607 cases; 454 in the last 14 days
• Jefferson County: 2,475 cases; 636 in the last 14 days

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