Randall Woodfin Released From Hospital, Recovering From Pneumonia

BIRMINGHAM, AL — Mayor Randall Woodfin was released from Princeton Baptost Medical Center Wednesday afternoon, as he is recovering from COVID-19-related pneumonia.

The mayor's office reported that Woodfin "received Remdesivir and convalescent plasma therapy to address COVID pneumonia. He received these treatments in keeping with established criteria for COVID pneumonia patients."

The mayor was admitted to the hospital Jan. 4, after testing positive for COVID-19 a week ago.

"I'm grateful and thankful that I stayed in touch with my primary care doctor, and he encouraged me to come into the hospital, where they were able to detect COVID pneumonia in my left lung. I'm blessed that they caught it early," Woodfin said in a statement Wednesday. "To my doctor, the nurses, staff and everyone at Princeton Baptist, I thank you for taking care of me these last three days. I also want to thank everyone who has sent text messages, emails and shared comments on social media. I have been deeply moved and humbled by those messages.

"As a patient, as a citizen and as a mayor, if ever there was a time for people to continue to take steps to help stop the spread of this virus, this is the time. We are not out of the woods. People need to take this virus seriously."

Close to 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in just 24 hours in Jefferson County Tuesday, and the county has already reported 25 deaths in January from the virus. The county has averaged 669 new cases of COVID-19 each day over the last week.

Alabama has administered 42,810 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine of the 226,250 doses allocated for the state. However, Gov. Kay Ivey issued a statement Tuesday reminding Alabamians that while the vaccine is effective, they should continue to wear face coverings and follow social distancing guidelines.