1 percent of Alabamians just tested positive for COVID in December
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
Through the first 14 days of December, 48,371 people in Alabama have tested positive for the coronavirus. That’s 1 percent of the state’s population. Before December, during the rest of the pandemic, 6 percent of Alabamians had tested positive for the virus.
Data from the Alabama Department of Public Health shows 60 of Alabama’s 67 counties have seen at least 1 percent of their populations test positive so far this month. Five counties - Marshall, Fayette, Etowah, Clarke and Jackson - were at 2 percent.
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Alabama has now reported nearly 300,000 total virus cases since the pandemic began. December’s case total represents 16 percent of Alabama’s total so far. And that’s after just 14 days.