COVID-19 Updates: In Alabama Every County Reports Cases Of Coronavirus

MONTGOMERY-Data as of Tuesday, April 8 unveils a startling number of COVID-19 are African American in Alabama with roughly a fourth of Alabama population being black.

The Alabama Department of Public Health released demographic data Tuesday on confirmed infections and deaths.  Of the 39 verified deaths in the state, 17 were in African American patients and 17 were white. The remaining five were Asian or unknown.

There are still deaths attributed to COVID-19 that have yet to be confirmed by the Alabama Public Health Department.  These deaths are showing less racial disparities with whites representing nearly half of these cases while blacks were about a third of these cases.

As of 4:30 on Tuesday, April 8 there have been 2,472 cases of COVID-19 reported with 18,982 tested and 67 deaths reported with 48 of those deaths confirmed.  314 Alabamians are hospitalized with COVID-19.

Another milestone for Alabama in the COVID-19 Pandemic…every county in the state is now reporting cases of COVID-19.

In North Alabama COVID 19 By County:

Colbert County:
7 confirmed cases

216 total tests
1 reported deaths
0 died from illness

Cullman County: 
22 confirmed cases

189 total tests
1 reported deaths
0 died from illness

DeKalb County: 
14 confirmed cases

199 total tests
0 reported deaths
0 died from illness

Franklin County: 
7 confirmed cases

135 total tests
0 reported deaths
0 died from illness

Jackson County: 
20 confirmed cases

149 total tests
1 reported deaths
1 died from illness

Lauderdale County: 
19 confirmed cases

415 total tests
2 reported deaths
1 died from illness

Lawrence County: 
8 confirmed cases

125 total tests
0 reported deaths
0 died from illness

Limestone County: 
33 confirmed cases

474 total tests
0 reported deaths
0 died from illness

Madison County: 
160 confirmed cases

1,000 total tests
2 reported deaths
2 died from illness

Morgan County: 
33 confirmed cases

322 total tests
0 reported deaths
0 died from illness

Walker County: 
66 confirmed cases

262 total tests
0 reported deaths
0 died from illness

Winston County: 
3 confirmed cases

75 total tests
0 reported deaths
0 died from illness