Alabama Reports Nearly 300 New Coronavirus Cases, 8 Deaths

MONTGOMERY, AL — The Alabama Department of Public Health on Saturday reported an additional 289 positive cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. The new cases brings the confirmed total in the state to 11,505.

As of Saturday afternoon, 489 people have died from COVID-19-related illnesses, an increase of three people from Friday.

In all, 3,897 tests have come back positive in the last two weeks, out of 81,215 total tests.

Since testing began in mid-March, 146,548 people have been tested for the virus in Alabama. So far, 1,388 people have been hospitalized.

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Jefferson County has reported 1,282 cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, a number that has slowed its growth in the last month, as Alabama's largest county at one point had almost double the number of cases as the second highest county.

The counties with the most cases as of Saturday afternoon:

• Mobile County: 1,678 confirmed cases; 14,287 total tests; 100 deaths
• Jefferson County: 1,282 confirmed cases; 26,409 total tests; 73 deaths
• Montgomery County: 796 confirmed cases; 5,132 total tests; 20 deaths
• Marshall County: 618 confirmed cases; 4,280 total tests; 9 deaths
• Lee County: 446 confirmed cases; 4,363 total tests; 31 deaths
• Shelby County: 392 confirmed cases; 6,183 total tests; 19 deaths
• Tallapoosa County: 352 confirmed cases; 2,018 total tests; 57 deaths
• Tuscaloosa County: 333 confirmed cases; 6,251 total tests; 8 deaths
• Chambers County: 327 confirmed cases; 1,384 total tests; 22 deaths
• Franklin County: 319 confirmed cases; 1,297 total tests; 4 deaths

Follow the coronavirus in Alabama using the Department of Public Health's Data and Surveillance Dashboard.

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