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Birmingham: The mayors of at least three Alabama cities, including heavily populated Birmingham, have been diagnosed with COVID-19 as the illness spreads rapidly across the state following the holidays. The city of Birmingham said Mayor Randall Woodfin was admitted to a hospital with COVID-19 pneumonia Monday, five days after announcing he tested positive for the new coronavirus. Decatur Mayor Tab Bowling said he was quarantining at home after testing positive for the virus, and the city of Auburn said Mayor Ron Anders was in quarantine after testing positive. Bowling told the Decatur Daily he felt guilty about participating in holiday family gatherings with his adult children and their families over the holidays. Alabama on Monday hit a new high for the number of COVID-19 patients in state hospitals with more than 3,000 ho
Data provided by the task force Thursday showed decreases in most of the numbers they track including hospitalizations, which decreased from 830 to 796.
Year ends with county total of 365 virus deaths
Ron DeBrock, ronald.debrock@thetelegraph.com
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This Madison County Health Department graphic illustrates COVID-19 deaths by age groups and months in the county for 2020.
WOOD RIVER The Madison County Health Department on Thursday announced it was ending 2020 with a total of 365 COVID-19 related deaths in the county.
The health department reported three new COVID-19 related fatalities on Thursday, a woman in her sixties and two men in their 70s and 80s. It also announced 272 new confirmed and probable virus cases, for a total count of 20,629 cases during 2020.
According to the health department, 1,433 tests also were reported Thursday for a year-long total of 191,959.
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