Alabama is following the nation in a sobering trend – coronavirus is especially deadly for the elderly.

There are 137 reported COVID-19 deaths in Alabama; 82 of those deaths have been confirmed by the Alabama Department of Public Health. Of the confirmed deaths, 72 percent have been people age 65 years old and older. Among the 20 Alabama deaths among people with no underlying conditions, 85 percent were older than age 65. The median age of deaths among those without underlying health conditions was 71.

The figures are among those released by the Alabama Department of Public Health. The April 17 11 a.m. numbers show 4,404 COVID-19 cases in Alabama.

Coronavirus deaths have been reported in the follow counties; Number in parenthesis is the increase from the previous report:

Autauga – 2 (+1)

Baldwin – 2

Calhoun – 1 (+1)

Chambers – 11 (+1)

Colbert – 1

Coosa – 1

Covington – 1 (+1)

Cullman – 1

Dallas – 2

DeKalb – 1 (+1)

Etowah – 8 (+1)

Franklin - 1

Houston – 3

Jackson – 2

Jefferson – 22 (+2)

Lauderdale – 4

Lee – 12

Macon – 2

Madison – 4

Marengo – 1

Marion – 4

Marshall - 2

Mobile – 23 (+4)

Monroe – 1

Montgomery – 5

Randolph – 4

Shelby – 7

Talladega 1

Tallapoosa – 7

Washington – 1

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The top 15 counties with the greatest number of cases follow. The number in parenthesis shows the increase from the previous report.

Jefferson – 634 (+5)

Mobile – 594 (+27)

Lee – 294 (+9)

Shelby – 242 (+1)

Chambers – 234 (+7)

Montgomery – 2 01 (+12)

Madison – 198 (+4)

Tallapoosa – 160 (+11)

Tuscaloosa – 132 (+1)

Marshall – 117 (+8)

Baldwin – 102 (+4)

Walker- 85

Etowah – 84

Calhoun – 63 (+1)

Marion – 60 (+2)

Here’s the current county-by-county breakdown of cases:

Autauga – 25

Baldwin – 102

Barbour – 14

Bibb – 24

Blount – 18

Bullock -8

Butler – 11

Calhoun – 63

Chambers – 234

Cherokee – 11

Chilton – 37

Clarke – 24

Clay – 14

Cleburne – 12

Coffee – 50

Colbert – 13

Conecuh – 8

Coosa – 20

Covington – 19

Crenshaw – 5

Cullman – 44

Dale – 14

Dallas – 21

DeKalb – 32

Elmore – 54

Escambia – 13

Etowah – 87

Fayette – 4

Franklin – 17

Geneva – 2

Greene – 24

Hale – 22

Henry – 15

Houston – 59

Jackson – 32

Jefferson – 634

Lamar – 7

Lauderdale – 22

Lawrence – 8

Lee – 295

Limestone – 38

Lowndes – 25

Macon – 24

Madison – 203

Marengo – 24

Marion – 60

Marshall – 117

Mobile – 617

Monroe – 7

Montgomery – 203

Morgan – 45

Perry – 8

Pickens – 31

Pike – 28

Randolph – 47

Russell – 35

St. Clair – 50

Shelby – 243

Sumter – 31

Talladega – 41

Tallapoosa – 160

Tuscaloosa – 141

Walker – 83

Washington – 13

Wilcox – 40

Winston - 9