1,189 – That’s the official number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the state of Alabama as of Thursday morning.

Cherokee County now has its 4th confirmed case.

(The Alabama Department of Public Health does NOT provide information concerning what city the infected persons reside in within each county.)

According to the Alabama Department of Public Health – their number of confirmed deaths remains at 17 with 32 others, referred to as “reported deaths”, still under investigation.  According to the ADPH –DeKalb County and Cleburne each have 6; Etowah County now has 10 and Calhoun County, eleven.