Coronavirus Cases Top 280 In Jefferson County, 1,000 Statewide

BIRMINGHAM, AL — Jefferson County Department of Health director Dr. Mark Wilson said weeks ago that he feared Jefferson County had the potential to get hot hardest by the coronavirus outbreak, and his statement is ringing true as cases in the county totaled 282 as of Tuesday night.

Jefferson County's total makes up almost a third of the 1,000 cases in Alabama. Wilson said March 12 that he felt Jefferson County's larger population and its commerce and airport made the area a potential hot spot in the state for the virus, which has now claimed 13 lives in the state.

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UAB is caring for 52 COVID-positive patients, which is down from 62 patients last week.

Mayor Randall Woodfin's office released yesterday testing and care sites for residents:

• Cahaba Medical Care is offering COVID-19 testing at its West End clinic, 1308 Tuscaloosa Avenue, Birmingham. For information call 205-679-6325 or visit cahabamedicalcare.com
• UAB Medicine has an appointment-only drive-thru testing site at the Environmental Sciences Laboratory parking lot at University Boulevard and 22nd Street South. To make an appointment, call 205-975-1881.
• Christ Health Center and others opened a COVID-19 treatment "sick" clinic in Woodlawn, by appointment only, for those unable to see their physician because they have severe symptoms of the virus or have severe upper respiratory illnesses.
• The "Christ Health Woodlawn Sick Clinic" is located at the Dream Center, 5705 First Ave. North. Those with severe COVID-19 symptoms who would like to be seen by a doctor for the virus, should text SICK to 74000 to begin the pre-screening process of making an appointment and to talk to a nurse. The clinic will be open Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be no roadside or drive-up COVID-19 testing done at the location.

Coronavirus cases by county in Alabama:

• Autauga (7)
• Baldwin (19)
• Bibb (3)
• Blount (5)
• Bullock (3)
• Butler (1)
• Calhoun (9)
• Chambers (36)
• Cherokee (2)
• Chilton (11)
• Choctaw (3)
• Clay (2)
• Cleburne (5)
• Colbert (4)
• Coosa (4)
• Covington (2)
• Crenshaw (1)
• Cullman (8)
• Dallas (2)
• DeKalb (4)
• Elmore (12)
• Escambia (1)
• Etowah (8)
• Fayette (1)
• Franklin (3)
• Greene (3)
• Hale (1)
• Houston (8)
• Jackson (8)
• Jefferson (282)
• Lamar (1)
• Lauderdale (12)
• Lawrence (3)
• Lee (75)
• Limestone (22)
• Lowndes (1)
• Macon (1)
• Madison (100)
• Marengo (4)
• Marion (9)
• Marshall (6)
• Mobile (53)
• Monroe (1)
• Montgomery (31)
• Morgan (20)
• Pickens (4)
• Pike (4)
• Randolph (2)
• Russell (1)
• St. Clair (15)
• Shelby (86)
• Sumter (1)
• Talladega (7)
• Tallapoosa (13)
• Tuscaloosa (29)
• Walker (32)
• Washington (3)
• Wilcox (3)
• Winston (2)

Although 13 deaths have been confirmed in the state from COVID-19, the Alabama Department of Public Health says 24 deaths have been reported, but not yet confirmed.

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