Mobile County Passes Jefferson County For Most Coronavirus Cases

BIRMINGHAM, AL — The state of Alabama has seen five straight days with fewer coronavirus cases reported, but in Mobile County, the news has not been quite as positive. Mobile County passed Jefferson County as the county with the most confirmed cases of the virus.

As of Tuesday afternoon, Mobile County had 710 confirmed bases, 15 more than Jefferson County. The most populated county in the state, Jefferson had been the state's leader in cases since the middle of March.

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The counties with the most coronavirus cases as of Tuesday afternoon:

• Mobile County: 710 confirmed cases; 3,906 total tests, 36 reported deaths
• Jefferson County: 695 confirmed cases; 9,094 total tests; 26 reported deaths
• Lee County: 319 confirmed cases; 2,102 total tests; 18 reported deaths
• Shelby County: 273 confirmed cases; 2,268 total tests; 6 reported deaths
• Chambers County: 258 confirmed cases; 796 total tests; 15 reported deaths

Gov. Kay Ivey Tuesday she is reluctant to lift the stay-at-home order because less than 1 percent of the state has actually been tested, which does not provide health officials with accurate information to recommend reopening the economy.

More than 5,200 cases of the virus have been confirmed statewide, with 699 hospitalizations.

A new clinic to treat patients diagnosed with COVID-19 has opened at the University of Alabama at Birmingham as a collaboration among physicians specializing in infectious diseases, internal medicine, and family and community medicine. The COVID Respiratory Clinic, located in the Regions Bank building at 539 Richard Arrington Blvd., is open Monday through Friday from 1-4 p.m. and operated by the UAB Department of Medicine's Division of Infectious Diseases.

The clinic is open to those who are already patients of the UAB Health System who have tested positive for COVID-19 and are experiencing progressive symptoms at home.

Patients will first complete a telehealth or phone visit with a UAB Medicine provider, such as a Family Medicine or Prime Care provider. Based on their telehealth assessment, they may then be referred to the COVID Respiratory Clinic to identify those who need hospital admission. Otherwise, they will be prescribed medications and therapies to help them continue to recuperate at home.

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