The Elmore County District Attorney’s Office will be closed starting today after several employees tested positive for COVID-19. Officials say those employees will be quarantined and the office has been cleaned. Right now, The DA’s office is expected to reopen on Wednesday but officials say it may be closed through the end of the week. Categories: Coronavirus Tags: Attorney’s Office,…
As Alabama News Network has reported, Montgomery Public Schools will revert to an all-virtual learning environment starting Monday. Teachers and administrators will continue to report to their classrooms and offices as usual. If parents do not have technology devices for their children, they are asked to tell their child’s teacher. Learning packets or activity-based assignments will be given to those…
FILE (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) President Trump says his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for coronavirus. The 76-year-old former New York mayor has traveled extensively to battleground states in effort to help Trump subvert his election loss. On numerous occasions he has met with local officials for hours at a time without wearing a mask. Trump wished Giuliani…
Coronavirus cases continue to surge in Alabama. The last three days have all seen record high case numbers and hospitalizations. Senator Doug Jones and State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris addressed the situation today. Dr. Harris and Senator Jones talked for more than an hour Friday morning about everything from those record high numbers to vaccine developments. Dr. Harris said…
AP News BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – A World War II veteran has recovered from COVID-19 in time to mark his 104th birthday. A relative says Alabama native, Major Wooten of Madison is physically drained and a little fuzzy mentally after battling the new coronavirus. But granddaughter Holly Wooten McDonald says he appears to be on the mend as he marks…
On Tuesday Gov. Kay Ivey issued a statement, urging school systems to return to in-person classes. View Alabama’s COVID-19 School Dashboard. On Monday, the state set a record of COVID-19 hospitalizations, at 1,717. Alabama Hospital Association President Dr. Don Williamson, the former longtime state health officer, told Alabama News Network , “Frankly, the next eight weeks, I think, will…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama has hit a new high for the number of coronavirus cases reported in a single day and the number of patients hospitalized with the disease. Alabama’s state health officer, Dr. Scott Harris, said Wednesday the state reported more than 3,000 additional virus cases, a new daily record. The state also reported having 1,801 patients hospitalized…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – A health official says Alabama hospitals that already are treating a record number of COVID-19 patients are bracing for a “tidal wave” of additional cases linked to holiday gatherings. Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo of the University of Alabama at Birmingham says health care systems could be overwhelmed within two or three weeks. The Alabama Hospital Association says…
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…
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…
