UpdatedTue, Dec 22, 2020 at 8:38 pm CT
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Tuscaloosa City Hall (Ryan Phillips, Tuscaloosa Patch)
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. Days ahead of Christmas, Tuscaloosa County topped a couple of dreaded records over the previous week, recording more deaths and new coronavirus cases in a single week than any other point in the pandemic. While officials say the situation for DCH Health System remains manageable, worries persist when looking at what the coming weeks may bring as the Christmas and New Year s holidays usher in the return of University of Alabama students to campus for the spring semester in January.
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Tuscaloosa County reports a cumulative case total of 17,063 identified since March, which includes 5,108 classified as probable. The county also saw its 7-day average for new cases per day rise to 127.29 a new record.