More than 2,000 People Hospitalized With Coronavirus In Alabama

MONTGOMERY, AL — As the coronavirus continues to spread exponentially through Alabama, the state's hospitals are filling up, with more than 2,000 coronavirus patients currently hospitalized. The Alabama Department of Public Health Monday reported 2,079 COVID-19 hospitalizations.

The total Monday is more than twice the number of hospitalizations at the beginning of November, when the ADPH reported 980 hospitalizations from the virus.

Alabama is averaging 3,244 new COVID-19 cases a day over the last week, and has added more than 400 hospitalizations in that time. UAB Hospital reported Monday 150 inpatients with COVID-19.

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The counties with the most new COVID-19 cases Monday:

• Jefferson County: 397 new cases
• Mobile County: 297 new cases
• Madison County: 226 new cases
• Shelby County: 141 new cases
• Tuscaloosa County: 112 new cases

Jefferson County's state-leading 397 new cases is actually below the county's 7-day average of 534 new cases per day. The county's rate of positive tests stands at 33 percent.

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