CULLMAN, Ala. – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Cullman County added 55 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, with 4,180 cases confirmed across the county since the beginning of the pandemic. Of those, 1,214 were confirmed in just the last 14 days. Statewide, the ADPH reported 2,241 new confirmed cases in the last 24 hours, with 49,244 in the last 14 days.
The ADPH also reported 2,353 patients currently hospitalized across the state.
Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 COVID-19 update from the Alabama Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Data and Surveillance Dashboard
Total confirmed cases in AL: 247,003 (+2,241 since yesterday)
Probable cases in AL: 54,530 (+1,397 since yesterday)
Total confirmed deaths in AL: 3,642 (+18 since yesterday)
Probable deaths in AL: 482
Total confirmed cases in Cullman Co.: 4,180 (+55 since yesterday)
Probable cases in Cullman Co.: 1,651 (+42 since yesterday)
Total confirmed deaths in Cullman Co.: 48 (+2 since yesterday)
Probable deaths in Cullman Co.: 13
Total tested in Cullman Co.: 28,709
Total tested in the last 14 days in Cullman Co.: 2,795
Cases in the last 14 days in Cullman Co.: 1,214
Total tested in Alabama: 1,732,185
Cases in the last 14 days in Alabama: 49,244
Total tested in the last 14 days in Alabama: 140,043
Currently hospitalized in Alabama: 2,353
Cumulative no. of hospitalizations in Alabama: 29,259
Presumed recoveries in Alabama (reported weekly): 174,805
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* Important Notice (12/15/20):
The Alabama Department of Public Health processed backlogs of 59 positive PCR and 479 antigen results from multiple facilities on December 14, 2020. Case numbers generated from these reports are classified as confirmed, if PCR, or probable, if antigen. Cases in these backlogs were from September 29 through December 12. Processing backlogs does not impact the ADPH COVID-19 Risk Indicator Dashboard. For information regarding daily numbers and the 7-day moving average of cases by infectious date, see TAB 7A. Information on TAB 7A visualizes cases by date of infection rather than date reported. All laboratories are required by law to report all results (including positive and negative tests) for SARS-CoV-2 to ADPH. Delays in reporting by required reporters is not within control of ADPH.
Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 update from Cullman Regional
In a virtual press conference Tuesday morning, Cullman Regional Chief Medical Officer Dr. William Smith said the hospital is currently treating 61 COVID-19 patients, with 15 on ventilators right now. The hospital’s Critical Care Unit has 12 beds, so additional beds are in use. In all, the hospital has 145 beds, and 139 are occupied.
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