Fayette County tops 200 cases of COVID-19 virus

Fayette County saw its weekly total of new cases increase from 174 on Aug. 3 to 212 on Aug. 10. The 38-case increase is the largest seven-day increase yet for Fayette County. The county’s new cases of the coronavirus have more than doubled in less than a month. On July 13, the Alabama Department of Public Health showed only 90 cases of the virus reported within the county.  Fayette County’s death toll from the COVID-19 virus remains at five. Despite the alarming increase, Fayette County still has the third fewest cases of the coronavirus in the state, trailing only Cleburne and Coosa counties in total number of cases.