'When you look at our communities that are predominantly African American, with the lack of access to health care, pre-existing conditions — it's almost all the ingredients for a perfect storm for when COVID hits,' says Felecia Lucky.
, the state had recorded more than 26,000 cases and 774 deaths as of Tuesday. A stay-at-home order expired April 30, and Gov. Kay Ivey allowed all businesses, including those that require close contact, like barbershops and massage therapists, to reopen with social distancing rules in place.
. The state documented more cases in a single day — 1,000 — than any other since the pandemic began, as well as more hospitalizations in that period, the AP reported.NBC News Cases have spiked in some Black Belt counties. In Bullock County, with its slim population of just over 10,000, 305 people — 3 percent of residents — have tested positive for the virus, according to Johns Hopkins University. Eight of them have died. Over the weekend, the county recorded one if its largest single-day increases in new cases since last month.
In the little Lowndes County town of Fort Deposit, the Rev. Dale Braxton of Snow Hill Christian Church said it seems like he's having funerals every week. In the last 10 days, Braxton said, he's buried two members of his church, as well as a neighbor.
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