Another Alabama Mayor has Been Hospitalized with Cornavirus

NORTHPORT, Ala. (AP) – The mayor of an Alabama city says he was hospitalized over the weekend after being diagnosed with COVID-19. Northport Mayor Bobby Herndon said in a Facebook post Monday that he was admitted to the hospital Sunday night, hours after learning he was infected with the coronavirus.

The 67-year-old mayor said he’s breathing OK, but is being treated for blood clots. Herndon’s wife was hospitalized with COVID-19 earlier this month. The mayor announced Friday that she had come home. Northport is a city of about 25,000 just outside Tuscaloosa. Herndon’s election in October marked his return to the office he previously held from 2008 to 2016.

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