Heads up re Alabama...

"Alabama saw its largest single-day increase in new cases Monday, a little more than three weeks after the stay-at-home order expired on April 30 and two weeks after the state allowed restaurants and bars to reopen on May 11." https://www.alreporter.com/2020/05/26/were-surging-alabama-reports-largest-covid-19-increases-to-date/">https://www.alreporter.com/2020/05/2...
"The number of cases confirmed per day in Alabama has been rising since April 30, showing no sign of slowing. Over the past week, new cases rose faster than in 46 other states with no comparable increase in testing." https://www.alreporter.com/2020/05/26/were-surging-alabama-reports-largest-covid-19-increases-to-date/">https://www.alreporter.com/2020/05/2...
"Those who say more testing is the only cause for the rise in cases are simply wrong, said Dr. Michael Saag, infectious disease expert at UAB.

“They’re not walking through the hospital like I am, seeing the entire ICU just loaded with only COVID patients" https://www.alreporter.com/2020/05/26/were-surging-alabama-reports-largest-covid-19-increases-to-date/">https://www.alreporter.com/2020/05/2...
"Over the last week, the number of COVID-19 positive inpatients at DCH Health System in Tuscaloosa County in Alabama has doubled from 35 on May 19 to 74 Tuesday. At least 20 of those patients are in intensive care units and 10 are on ventilators." https://www.alreporter.com/2020/05/26/were-surging-alabama-reports-largest-covid-19-increases-to-date/">https://www.alreporter.com/2020/05/2...
"The intensive care scenario in the hospitals is definitely stretched,” said Dr. David Thrasher at Jackson Hospital in Montgomery, AL.

"That is more than twice our normal volume. The great majority of what we’re seeing in the hospital is COVID patients.” https://www.alreporter.com/2020/05/26/were-surging-alabama-reports-largest-covid-19-increases-to-date/">https://www.alreporter.com/2020/05/2...
"ICU units at Montgomery hospitals have been dedicated to treating COVID patients, and those units have been full.

Montgomery has seen its case count more than triple in May.

“We’re surging... We have got a lot more cases than we had a month ago.” https://www.alreporter.com/2020/05/26/were-surging-alabama-reports-largest-covid-19-increases-to-date/">https://www.alreporter.com/2020/05/2...
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