COVID-19 pandemic in Alabama

COVID-19 pandemic in Alabama
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationAlabama, U.S.
Index caseMontgomery County
Arrival dateMarch 13, 2020
Confirmed cases191,408[1]
Suspected cases36,965
Hospitalized cases1,575 (current)
23,449 (cumulative)
Critical cases1,211 (cumulative)
Ventilator cases654 (cumulative)
Recovered90,702
Deaths
3,148 (confirmed)
303 (probable)
Government website
Alabama Department of Public Health
Suspected cases have not been confirmed by laboratory tests as being due to this strain, although some other strains may have been ruled out.

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the U.S. state of Alabama in March 2020. As of January 10, 2022, the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADHP) reported nearly a million confirmed cases of COVID-19 (or 1 in 5 people) and 16,630 confirmed deaths. At 330 deaths per 100,000 Alabama has the highest death rate in the US along with Mississippi.[2][3]

As of February 8, 2021, Alabama has administered 473,199 COVID-19 vaccine doses, equivalent to 9.59% of the population.[4]

  1. ^ "Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) | Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH)". www.alabamapublichealth.gov.
  2. ^ "outbreak.info". outbreak.info. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  3. ^ "United States COVID - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer". www.worldometers.info. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  4. ^ "Alabama's COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Dashboard". Alabama Department of Public Health. Archived from the original on March 20, 2020. Retrieved February 8, 2021.