Alabama’s COVID deaths increasing, state ICU beds at 98 percent capacity
Alabama's official death toll jumped by 250 on Tuesday, and new daily cases remain high.
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Alabama’s COVID-19 hospitalizations declining, ICU bed capacity still critical
Of the 2,474 hospitalized with COVID in Alabama on Monday, 83 percent were unvaccinated.
Majority of Alabamians hospitalized with COVID-19 on ventilators are unvaccinated
There were 92 more patients needing ICU bed care than the state’s hospitals had formal ICU beds on Sunday.
COVID patients tell nurses their regrets — until they need machines to breathe
Every patient that recovers says they wish they’d done something differently, an ICU nurse says.
Cases and hospitalizations of Alabama’s children are climbing
The number of Alabama children testing positive for COVID-19 recently is four times the number in early August 2020.
UAB doctors warn of delta’s impact on children, urge masks in schools
UAB's Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo said two children under the age of two are on ventilators in a Birmingham hospital.
UAB Health System to require COVID-19 vaccinations for hospital, clinic staff
UAB will pay $400 to workers who are already vaccinated, and those who get first shots by Sept. 30.
Only two ICU beds available in Alabama as COVID hospitalizations surge
Of those hospitalized with COVID-19 statewide on Monday, 88 percent were unvaccinated, according to the Alabama Hospital Association.
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Make no mistake: A decent percentage of young people are getting the virus now.
Alabama hospitals caring for 37 children with COVID, some in ICUs
Alabama hospitals are seeing younger COVID-19 patients who do not have underlying medical conditions.