Retiring Guy's Digest: Week by week: COVID-19 cases in Alabama

New York Times

Total tests (positive and negative): 2,228,706

Feb 8-14: 41,577
Feb 1-7: 46,624
Jan 25-31: 54,150
Jan 18-24: 57,067
Jan 11-17: 62,832
Jan 4-10: 66,586
Dec 27-Jan 3: 56,330
Dec 20-26: 59,850
Dec 13-19: 87,451
Dec 7-13: 51,398
Nov 30-Dec 6: 65,328
Nov 23-29: 52,327
Nov 16-22: 65,980
Nov 9-15: 56,715
Nov 2-8: 50,111
Oct 26-Nov 1: 49,914
Oct 19-25: 47,770
Oct 12-18: 43,889
Oct 5-11: 47,489
Sep 28-Oct 4: 51,279
Sep 21-27: 57,222
Sep 14-20: 43,770
Sep 7-13: 29,165
Aug 31-Sep 6: 3,246 (-26,367 adjustment on 9/1)
Aug 24-30: 59,393
Aug 17-23: 75,225
Aug 10-16: 84,973
Aug 3-9: 56,381

New cases week by week:

Feb 8-14: 8,508 (down 32% from previous week)
Feb 1-7: 12,484 (down 14%)
Jan 25-31: 14,469 (down 22%)
Jan 18-24: 18,512 (down 11%)
Jan 11-17: 20,698 (down 31%)
Jan 4-10: 29,996 (up 14%)
Dec 27-Jan 3: 26,306 (up 14%)
Dec 20-26: 23,176 (down 4%)
Dec 13-19: 26,821 (up 4%)
Dec 7-13: 25,754 (up 14%)
Nov 30-Dec 6: 22,648 (up 53%)
Nov 23-29: 14,773 (up <1%)
Nov 16-22: 14,684 (up 3%)
Nov 9-15: 14,195 (up 46%)
Nov 2-8: 9,702 (up 1%)
Oct 26-Nov 1: 9,630 (down 18%)
Oct 19-25: 11,729 (up 22%)
Oct 12-18: 7,284 (up 19%)
Oct 5-11: 6,143 (down 10%)
Sep 28-Oct 4: 6,848 (down 7%)
Sep 21-27: 7,359 (up 17%)
Sep 14-20: 6,207 (down 4%)
Sep 7-13: 6,441 (down 9%)
Aug 31-Sep 6: 7.079 (down 30%)
Aug 24-30: 10,175 (up 54%)
Aug 17-23: 6,627 (down %)
Aug 10-16: 7,099 (down 29%)
Aug 3-9: 9,990 (down 18%)
Jul 27-Aug 2: 12,150 (down 1%)
July 20-26: 12,283 (down 8%)
July 13-19: 13,324 (up 25%)
July 6-12: 10,634 (up 25%)
Jun 29 - Jul 5: 8,512 (up 66%)
June 22-28: 5,120 (up 9%)
June 15-21: 4,706 (down %)
June 8-14: 5,115 (up 97%)
June 1-7: 2,597 (down 27%)
May 25-31: 3,572 (up 40%)
May 18-24: 2,556 (up 29%)
May 11-17: 1,994
May 4-10: 2,052
Apr 26-May 3: 1,455
April 19-25: 1,433
April 12-18: 1,312
April 5-11: 1,729

COVID Tracking Project

More data at Alabama Department of Public Health

Deaths reported:

As of March 22 - 0
As of March 29 - 4 (+ 4)
As of April 5 - 45 (+ 46)
As of April 12 - 91 (+ 63)
As of April 19 - 154 (+ 62)
As of April 26 - 216 (+ 68)
As of May 3 - 290 (+ 74)
As of May 10 - 393 (+103)
As of May 17 - 488 (+ 95)
As of May 24 - 551 (+ 63)
As of May 31 - 631 (+ 80)
As of June 7 - 692 (+ 61)
As of June 14 - 773 (+ 81)
As of June 21 - 839 (+ 66)
As of June 28 - 919 (+ 80)
As of July 5 - 984 (+ 65)
As of July 12 - 1,121 (+139)
As of July 19 - 1,287 (+166)
As of July 26 - 1,473 (+186)
As of Aug 2 - 1,627 (+154)
As of Aug 9 - 1,768 (+141)
As of Aug 16 - 1,898 (+130)
As of Aug 23 - 2,013 (+115)
As of Aug 30 - 2,162 (+149)
As of Sep 6- 2,276 (+114)
As of Sep 13 - 2,351 (+ 75)
As of Sep 20 - 2,437 (+ 86)
As of Sep 27 - 2,501 (+ 74)
As of Oct 4- 2,558 (+ 57)
As of Oct 11 - 2,664 (+106)
As of Oct 18 - 2,788 (+124)
As of Oct 25- 2,866 (+ 80)
As of Nov 1- 2,973 (+107)
As of Nov 8 - 3,084 (+111)
As of Nov 15 - 3,248 (+164)
As of Nov 22 - 3,457 (+209)
As of Nov 29 - 3,577 (+120)
As of Dec 6 - 3,889 (+312)
As of Dec 13 - 4,102 (+213)
As of Dec 20 - 4,389 (+287)
As of Dec 27 - 4,691 (+302)
As of Jan 3 - 4,873 (+182)
As of Jan 10 - 5,334 (+461)
As of Jan 17 - 6,120 (+786)
As of Jan 24- 6,660 (+520)
As of Jan 31- 7,566 (+906)
As of Feb 7 - 8,515 (+949)
As of Feb 14 - 9,242 (+727)

Related reading:
Spike in coronavirus cases in Alabama, more young people infected. (NBC15, 7/2/2020)

CDC joining efforts to address Alabama’s COVID-19 spike. (Alabama Today, 6/28/2020)

As coronavirus infections surge nationwide, 21 states see increase in average daily new cases. (Washington Post, 6/13/2020)

Alabama, Oregon and South Carolina are among the states with the biggest increases. Alabama saw a 92 percent change in its seven-day average, while Oregon’s seven-day average was up 83.8 percent and South Carolina’s was up 60.3 percent. Hospitalizations have risen as well. For example, Arkansas has seen a 120.7 percent increase in hospitalizations, from 92 cases to 203, since Memorial Day.

Spike In AL Coronavirus Cases Continues To Worry Officials, (Birmingham Patch, 5/29/2020)

Southern states could get hit by spike in Covid-19 cases, study predicts. (CNN, 5/22/2020)

As Alabama opens, Birmingham institutes stricter guidelines. (NPR 5.4.2020)

Alabama County Health Official On Reopening: 'Don't Start Going Crazy'. (NRP, 5/4/2020)