Health

Alabama’s average daily reported COVID cases breaks 10,000 for first time

Alabama’s COVID hospitalizations reached 1,776 on Monday, a level not seen since Sept. 21 and a 239 percent increase from two weeks ago.

January 11, 2022

While some public school systems are requiring masks, others are taking a wait-and-see approach as cases and hospitalizations increase statewide.

January 10, 2022

There were 329 COVID patients hospitalized in Alabama on Dec. 1, and by Thursday that had increased by 343 percent, to 1,459.

January 7, 2022

The news was a reversal from what state health officials had heard from the CDC hours before on Wednesday.

January 6, 2022

About 5 million children are now eligible for boosters, but in Alabama, the percentage of vaccinated school-aged children remains very low.

January 6, 2022

Alabama's new COVID cases and positivity rate continue to set records this week as hospitalizations continue to rise.

January 5, 2022

Treatments for the more contagious omicron variant are in short supply in Alabama as COVID cases surge and hospitalizations grow.

January 5, 2022

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention meets Wednesday to discuss giving final approval.

January 4, 2022

A new monoclonal antibody treatment effective against the omicron variant isn't yet available in Alabama as cases and hospitalizations rise.

January 3, 2022

Alabama had a record number of cases last week, a record-high positivity rate and hospitalizations doubled in just more than a week.

January 3, 2022