BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) – The Alabama Department of Public Health continues to report record-breaking COVID cases, adding more than 12,000 in the past 24 hours. The state’s positivity rate still sits well above 40% as of Thursday, and medical experts say the numbers have never been this high.
“We’re in the midst of about as bad of transmission episode of this epidemic as we’ve ever seen by a factor of two,” UAB Dr. Michael Saag said.
