MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama has reached a new high for the number of people in state hospitals with COVID-19.
State health department numbers on Monday indicated that 1,717 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 in the state. That’s the highest number of virus hospitalizations reported since the pandemic began.
The previous high was a little over 1,600 in mid-summer.
The new record comes before an expected spike in cases in the weeks following Thanksgiving gatherings.
A former state health officer, who now heads the Alabama Hospital Association, described the spread as “out of control.”
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