CULLMAN, Ala. – Cullman County surpassed 2,000 positive cases of COVID-19 last Saturday according to the Alabama Department of Public Health. As of today, there have been 2,069 cases confirmed across the county since the beginning of the pandemic. Of those, 456 were confirmed in just the last 14 days. The county added 25 cases in the last 24 hours.
Cullman Regional, which last Wednesday reported 12 positive patients, today reported to The Tribune a total of 24 positive patients, with two of those in the Critical Care Unit and one on a ventilator.
Statewide, the ADPH reported 1,001 patients are currently hospitalized, the highest number since Aug. 27.
Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020 COVID-19 update from the Alabama Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Data and Surveillance Dashboard
Total confirmed cases in AL: 159,439 (+738 since yesterday)
Probable cases in AL: 26,998 (+377 since yesterday)
Total confirmed deaths in AL: 2,699 (+19 since yesterday)
Probable deaths in AL: 193
Total confirmed cases in Cullman Co.: 2,069 (+25 since yesterday)
Probable cases in Cullman Co.: 488 (+24 since yesterday)
Total confirmed deaths in Cullman Co.: 19 (+0 since yesterday)
Probable deaths in Cullman Co.: 6
Total tested in Cullman Co.: 19,898
Total tested in the last 14 days in Cullman Co.: 1,636
Cases in the last 14 days in Cullman Co.: 456
Total tested in Alabama: 1,312,887
Cases in the last 14 days in Alabama: 19,645
Total tested in the last 14 days in Alabama: 94,263
Currently hospitalized in Alabama: 1,001
Cumulative no. of hospitalizations in Alabama: 19,974
Presumed recoveries in Alabama (reported weekly): 74,439
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Oct. 27 update from Cullman Regional
“We have 24 patients currently in the hospital. Two of those are in Critical Care. One is on a ventilator.”
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