Alabama Tops 800 COVID-19 Deaths

MONTGOMERY, AL — The Alabama Department of Public Heath has confirmed more than 800 deaths from COVID-19. The ADPH report Thursday showed a total of 27,796 cases of the virus and 801 deaths.

Wednesday showed a significant increase in new COVID-19 cases statewide, with 860 new cases confirmed. In the last two weeks, the state has reported 8,746 new cases, an average of 625 new cases every day.

Just a month ago, the state had confirmed 133 deaths from COVID-19. That is an average of 24 deaths per day in the last month.

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Demographically, the majority of deaths have been patients over the age of 65, although more cases have been confirmed among people ages 25-49.

COVID-19 deaths in Alabama by age group:

• 0-4 years old: 0.1 percent
• 5-24 years old: 0.2 percent
• 25-49 years old: 4 percent
• 50-64 years old: 17.1 percent
• 65+: 78.5 percent

Males make up 52.5 percent of those who have died from the virus. And 47.9 percent of the fatalities were white and 46.4 were black.

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