‘Out of control’: Alabama Hits Record Virus Hospitalizations

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama has reached a new high for the number of people in state hospitals with COVID-19. State health department numbers on Monday indicated that 1,717 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 in the state. That’s the highest number of virus hospitalizations reported since the pandemic began. The previous high was a little over 1,600 in mid-summer. The new record comes before an expected spike in cases in the weeks following Thanksgiving gatherings. A former state health officer, who now heads the Alabama Hospital Association, described the spread as “out of control.”

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