ALABAMA – According to the Alabama Department of Public Health, more than 7,000 of those deaths occurred last year while 4,822 died in 2021.
The health officials say that the most effective tools to reduce the spread of COVID-19 continue to be COVID-19 vaccines.
The state has more than 1,400 locations where free vaccine is available to all, with or without insurance.
According to ADPH’s COVID-19 dashboard, all but two of Alabama’s counties are under a “high risk” of transmission.
The lone exceptions are Choctaw and Sumter, which are rated at a “substantial risk.”
More than 20,000 new cases of the virus have been reported statewide, in the last 7 days, with a positivity rate of 23.4%.
Since March 2020, Alabama has logged 659,750 cases of COVID-19.
