Alabama rises to more than 1,000 coronavirus cases

Current situation in alabama you're looking at alabama's covid-19 data and surveillance dashboard in real time right now there are one thousand cases in the state locally, there are 4 cases in pickens county, 3 cases in franklin county and one case in lamar county meanwhile, jefferson county -- the birmingham area -- has the most cases at 282 madison county, alabama, -- the huntsville area -- has 100 coronavirus cases.

Shelby county, which is southeast of birmingham, is second at 86 there are 24 reported deaths in the state.

However right now only 17 people died from the illness.

We cannot stress this enough but for our viewers in alabama the state department of health has a 24 hour coronavirus hotline that you can call that number to call is 888-264- 2256 for prevention, tips and testing