City of Mobile issued the following announcement on July 22.
There have been 6,507 total confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Mobile County, an increase of 154 since Monday, according to the Mobile County Health Department. A total of 176 have died due to COVID-19, an increase of nine since Tuesday's report from the Health Department. Another 4 2,869 are presumed recovered.
Health Department officials attributed the large number of deaths to a delay in the flow of case information.
Looking around the state, Alabama added its largest number of deaths in a single day - 57 - according to the latest coronavirus information from the Alabama Department of Public Health.
ADPH reported 70,413 COVID cases statewide, up 1,338. There were 1,547 people hospitalized in the state due to COVID.
Remember these simple steps to keep you safe:
- Wear a mask when in public
- Keep your hands clean
- Keep a safe distance from others
- Stay home if you are sick
- Keep an eye on the weather. Tropical Storm Gonzalo now is projected to become the Atlantic's first hurricane of 2020.
- It's "Restaurant Rescue Week" in Mobile. It's a great time to get out and support one of our incredible local restaurants.
- Archbishop Emeritus Oscar Lipscomb, who was born and raised in Mobile, died last week at the age of 88. His Mass of Christian Burial took place Tuesday at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Pope Francis expressed his condolences in a letter to the Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile.
- Alabama's unemployment rate dropped to 7.5 percent in June -- a 22 percent decrease from May's 9.6 percent unemployment rate, according to the state Department of Labor. Prichard has the highest unemployment rate among Alabama's major cities at 19.8 percent, followed by Selma at 15.3 percent and Mobile at 13 percent.
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