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The Alabama Department of Public Health reports an increase of 646 COVID-19 cases Monday, by far the largest increase to date, based on their count.

Our tracking of the daily increase to the cumulative case total is similarly spiking.

The difference is due to reporting times. We track change in the publicly reported cumulative total from 12 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.

The dashboard may update slower than ADPH& #39;s internal count.

Either way you look at it, 7-day and 14-day averages are spiking in a pretty worrisome way.

The percent of tests that are positive is also rising.

Eyes are on Montgomery County, where hospitals are facing an influx of patients and a shortage of ICU beds.

Cases there are still rising. Montgomery County saw an increase today of 110 cases, the largest to date.

Tuscaloosa County is another county to watch. Cases are rising there, and the number of COVID-19 inpatients at DCH Health System doubled in a week.