Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients for September 8, 2021

Please find attached the new patient characteristics data that is being compiled by the Mobile County Health Department. This will be produced Mondays through Fridays.

NOTE: The large spike in COVID-19 cases reported on September 7 is due to a backlog of results submitted by a local urgent care provider as they switched from manual to electronic laboratory results reporting.  Specimen collection date for these results are throughout 2020 and 2021.

ADPH has redesigned its dashboard to help people better understand the current transmission levels in their communities and the impact of COVID-19 in Alabama. The new dashboard address is as follows — https://alpublichealth.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/6d2771faa9da4a2786a509d82c8cf0f7

There is also a mobile version configured to work on small mobile screens — https://alpublichealth.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/ea2a3c6bca554bdebf8e52d9ffb5d4a9

Worldwide and United States COVID-19 case counts are available at https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html