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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.

September 22, 2021

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.

September 14, 2021

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.

September 6, 2021

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.

August 30, 2021

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.

August 19, 2021

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.

August 19, 2021

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.

August 18, 2021

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.

August 16, 2021

Can you handle the truth?

Make no mistake: A decent percentage of young people are getting the virus now.

August 7, 2021

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.

August 5, 2021