Well, don’t get TOO comfortable yet.

The U.S. is dealing with another surge in COVID cases, due to the highly transmissible BA.5 variant.  As of July 20th, the U.S. had recorded more than 89.9 million COVID-19 cases with over 1 million coronavirus-related deaths.   Alabama has had more than 1.4 million COVID cases with 19,850 deaths.

Stacker compiled a list of counties with the highest COVID infection rates in the state of Alabama, using information from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and vaccination data from Covid Act Now.   Counties were ranked by the highest infection rate per 100,000 residents within the week leading up to July 19th.  Fortunately, Cherokee County didn’t make the top 10 – the top 20 or even top 50 neither did any other nearby counties with the exception of Calhoun County which came in at #49.

You can see the list of 1-50 here.

1. Dallas County

• New cases per 100k in the past week: 653 (243 new cases, +40% change from previous week)
• Cumulative cases per 100k: 24,766 (9,212 total cases)
• 13.2% less cases per 100k residents than Alabama
• Cumulative deaths per 100k: 659 (245 total deaths)
• 62.7% more deaths per 100k residents than Alabama
• Population that is fully vaccinated: 46.1% (17,139 fully vaccinated)

2. Macon County

• New cases per 100k in the past week: 570 (103 new cases, +34% change from previous week)
• Cumulative cases per 100k: 23,683 (4,279 total cases)
• 17% less cases per 100k residents than Alabama
• Cumulative deaths per 100k: 476 (86 total deaths)
• 17.5% more deaths per 100k residents than Alabama
• Population that is fully vaccinated: 48.9% (8,839 fully vaccinated)

3. Wilcox County

• New cases per 100k in the past week: 559 (58 new cases, -12% change from previous week)
• Cumulative cases per 100k: 29,972 (3,109 total cases)
• 5% more cases per 100k residents than Alabama
• Cumulative deaths per 100k: 463 (48 total deaths)
• 14.3% more deaths per 100k residents than Alabama
• Population that is fully vaccinated: 54.3% (5,634 fully vaccinated)

4. Escambia County

• New cases per 100k in the past week: 519 (190 new cases, +184% change from previous week)
• Cumulative cases per 100k: 29,427 (10,780 total cases)
• 3.1% more cases per 100k residents than Alabama
• Cumulative deaths per 100k: 472 (173 total deaths)
• 16.5% more deaths per 100k residents than Alabama
• Population that is fully vaccinated: 37.1% (13,587 fully vaccinated)

5. Montgomery County

• New cases per 100k in the past week: 518 (1,174 new cases, -6% change from previous week)
• Cumulative cases per 100k: 26,980 (61,106 total cases)
• 5.4% less cases per 100k residents than Alabama
• Cumulative deaths per 100k: 423 (959 total deaths)
• 4.4% more deaths per 100k residents than Alabama
• Population that is fully vaccinated: 53.0% (120,085 fully vaccinated)

6. Clarke County

• New cases per 100k in the past week: 508 (120 new cases, +85% change from previous week)
• Cumulative cases per 100k: 31,775 (7,506 total cases)
• 11.4% more cases per 100k residents than Alabama
• Cumulative deaths per 100k: 428 (101 total deaths)
• 5.7% more deaths per 100k residents than Alabama
• Population that is fully vaccinated: 51.6% (12,181 fully vaccinated)

7. Coosa County

• New cases per 100k in the past week: 497 (53 new cases, +26% change from previous week)
• Cumulative cases per 100k: 29,738 (3,171 total cases)
• 4.2% more cases per 100k residents than Alabama
• Cumulative deaths per 100k: 553 (59 total deaths)
• 36.5% more deaths per 100k residents than Alabama
• Population that is fully vaccinated: 41% (4,377 fully vaccinated)

8. Morgan County

• New cases per 100k in the past week: 488 (584 new cases, +42% change from previous week)
• Cumulative cases per 100k: 32,256 (38,604 total cases)
• 13.1% more cases per 100k residents than Alabama
• Cumulative deaths per 100k: 434 (519 total deaths)
• 7.2% more deaths per 100k residents than Alabama
• Population that is fully vaccinated: 44.1% (52,772 fully vaccinated)

9. Chambers County

• New cases per 100k in the past week: 487 (162 new cases, +60% change from previous week)
• Cumulative cases per 100k: 27,461 (9,132 total cases)
• 3.8% less cases per 100k residents than Alabama
• Cumulative deaths per 100k: 496 (165 total deaths)
• 22.5% more deaths per 100k residents than Alabama
• Population that is fully vaccinated: 32.0% (10,643 fully vaccinated)

10. Lowndes County

• New cases per 100k in the past week: 483 (47 new cases, -34% change from previous week)
• Cumulative cases per 100k: 29,241 (2,844 total cases)
• 2.5% more cases per 100k residents than Alabama
• Cumulative deaths per 100k: 792 (77 total deaths)
• 95.6% more deaths per 100k residents than Alabama
• Population that is fully vaccinated: 51.9% (5,044 fully vaccinated)

11. Monroe County

• New cases per 100k in the past week: 482 (100 new cases, +32% change from previous week)
• Cumulative cases per 100k: 27,222 (5,644 total cases)
• 4.6% less cases per 100k residents than Alabama
• Cumulative deaths per 100k: 391 (81 total deaths)
• 3.5% less deaths per 100k residents than Alabama
• Population that is fully vaccinated: 44.1% (9,140 fully vaccinated)

12. Talladega County

• New cases per 100k in the past week: 481 (385 new cases, +29% change from previous week)
• Cumulative cases per 100k: 29,856 (23,878 total cases)
• 4.6% more cases per 100k residents than Alabama
• Cumulative deaths per 100k: 473 (378 total deaths)
• 16.8% more deaths per 100k residents than Alabama
• Population that is fully vaccinated: 37.0% (29,585 fully vaccinated)

13. Elmore County

• New cases per 100k in the past week: 475 (386 new cases, -1% change from previous week)
• Cumulative cases per 100k: 31,125 (25,276 total cases)
• 9.1% more cases per 100k residents than Alabama
• Cumulative deaths per 100k: 433 (352 total deaths)
• 6.9% more deaths per 100k residents than Alabama
• Population that is fully vaccinated: 47.1% (38,220 fully vaccinated)

14. Bullock County

• New cases per 100k in the past week: 475 (48 new cases, -17% change from previous week)
• Cumulative cases per 100k: 25,403 (2,566 total cases)
• 11% less cases per 100k residents than Alabama
• Cumulative deaths per 100k: 535 (54 total deaths)
• 32.1% more deaths per 100k residents than Alabama
• Population that is fully vaccinated: 55.0% (5,556 fully vaccinated)

15. Conecuh County

• New cases per 100k in the past week: 472 (57 new cases, +19% change from previous week)
• Cumulative cases per 100k: 25,590 (3,088 total cases)
• 10.3% less cases per 100k residents than Alabama
• Cumulative deaths per 100k: 580 (70 total deaths)
• 43.2% more deaths per 100k residents than Alabama
• Population that is fully vaccinated: 44.1% (5,320 fully vaccinated)

(AL.COM/www.al.com)