Morgan County COVID-19 numbers continue to trend in the right direction Health officials expect more vaccines in near future. COVID-19 update in Morgan County By Madison Scarpino | March 1, 2021 at 6:04 PM CST - Updated March 1 at 6:05 PM DECATUR, Ala. (WAFF) - This month marks one year of COVID-19 in Alabama. The number of people hospitalized statewide and locally is declining, something leaders say is a good thing. Right now, there are 16 COVID-19 patients at Decatur-Morgan Hospital. Four of those patients are in ICU, and two are on ventilators. There have been fewer than 25 patients hospitalized there since Feb. 17, the lowest numbers at Decatur Morgan in months.