Tuscaloosa County Tops Jefferson In New Coronavirus Cases

MONTGOMERY, AL — For the first time in weeks, Jefferson County did not lead the state in new coronavirus cases, as Tuscaloosa County reported the most new cases of the virus in the Alabama Department of Public Health's Monday report.

The state confirmed 501 new COVID-19 cases Monday, with 90 of those cases coming from Tuscaloosa County. Jefferson County reported 81 new cases of the virus.

Since the University of Alabama resumed classes in August, reports of students gathering at social events without masks and without observing social distancing procedures have been more plentiful than Tuscaloosa mayor Walt Maddox would like.

Photos of students attending a live music performance over the weekend, sans face coverings, went viral on social media, and have since been deleted. However, Maddox said via Twitter he has seen the photos, and others similar to it, and plans to take action.

Tuscaloosa, Jefferson and Baldwin counties combined for 233 new cases — nearly half of the day's total — as numbers of new cases in the state have still remained under 1,000 through the weekend.

The number of new cases reported each day over the last week in Alabama:

• Sept. 22: 583 new cases
• Sept. 23: 464 new cases
• Sept. 24: 981 new cases
• Sept. 25: 798 new cases
• Sept. 26: 754 new cases
• Sept. 27: 651 new cases
• Sept. 28: 501 new cases

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