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Chip Brownlee

Chip Brownlee is a former political reporter, online content manager and webmaster at the Alabama Political Reporter. He is now a reporter at The Trace, a non-profit newsroom covering guns in America.

News / Health / State

“We can’t handle much more”: Doctors sound alarm as COVID-19 surges in Alabama

Some 7,283 cases of the coronavirus have been reported in Alabama since June 1, or about 29 percent of the state’s total confirmed case count, and while many of those who’ve tested positive may not be sick enough to be hospitalized, a doctor treating the sickest COVID-19 patients in Montgomery says he’s not sure how … Continued
June 14, 2020

Alabama reports third day of record-setting COVID-19 numbers

Alabama’s COVID-19 case count continues to surge as the Department of Public Health on Saturday, for the third day in a row, reported more than 800 new cases of coronavirus. The total number of coronavirus cases in Alabama since the pandemic began jumped to 24,221 on Saturday, an increase of 888 cases to the cumulative … Continued
June 13, 2020

Alabama reports largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases

Alabama reported a new daily high in COVID-19 cases on Wednesday. The number of positive coronavirus cases increased by 849, according to the Alabama Department of Public Health, surpassing a previous daily high of 640. {{CODE1}} Forty percent of the new cases from Wednesday came from the five counties with the largest total number of … Continued
June 11, 2020

Alabama COVID hospitalizations are at an all-time high after data error correction

Alabama COVID-19 hospitalizations are at their highest point since the pandemic began, according to revised data from the Alabama Department of Public Health. The new data, as reported to the state voluntarily by about 100 hospitals in the state, shows at least 629 people currently hospitalized with a positive confirmed case of the virus, as … Continued
June 10, 2020

Governor issues new order for 14-day quarantine for inmate transfers to prisons from county jails

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey issued another supplemental state of emergency proclamation Tuesday meant to address the issue of COVID-19 in Alabama’s prisons and curb its further spread by putting in place new restrictions on transfers of state inmates from county jails to state facilities. The supplemental proclamation requires “prevailing medical standards” during intake — or … Continued
June 10, 2020

ASU reviewing campus building names for removal

Alabama State University is the next Alabama university considering renaming buildings. “I have requested a review of the names on campus buildings for consideration of removal based on connections to or leadership of racist organizations, policies or political activity,” ASU President Quinton Ross Jr. said in a statement. The results of the review will be … Continued
June 10, 2020

“This situation is just not sustainable:” Alarming uptick in hospitalizations in Montgomery

It’s been three weeks since Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed sounded the alarm over rising hospitalizations in the River Region, but the rise in cases has not slowed, and hospitalizations are now much higher than three weeks ago when Central Alabama was in the national spotlight. “We’re just full,” said Dr. Donald Williamson, a former state … Continued
June 9, 2020