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There were 329 COVID patients hospitalized in Alabama on Dec. 1, and by Thursday that had increased by 343 percent, to 1,459.
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The percentage of COVID tests in Alabama that are positive reached 18.2 percent on Sunday.
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Alabama's percent of tests that are positive increased by 76 percent over two weeks. New cases and hospitalizations are rising as well.