Five people in Lee County have died from COVID-19 since Friday morning.

Lee County Coroner Bill Harris on Saturday said five patients died between Friday morning and 3:15 p.m. Saturday. All had been hospitalized at East Alabama Medical Center.

Two of the deaths were Lee County residents and three were residents from Chambers County, Harris said. There are currently 19 patients being treated at East Alabama Medical Center for novel coronavirus.

Harris said one of the victims who died was 51 years old and lived in Lee County. Another one of the victims was in his 80s. Additional details weren’t immediately available.

“Our hospital family expresses its collective condolences to the families of these five patients,” stated Laura Grill, EAMC President and CEO.

“As everyone knows, this virus has taken a toll on our nation and world, and our community is not exempt from that. Our hearts and prayers are with these families at this very difficult time ... the ICU staff, respiratory therapists and physicians who worked most closely with these patients are especially struggling and we ask that the community lift them up."

Earlier Saturday, authorities reported Alabama now has 696 cases of coronavirus, with Jefferson County hovering just below 200 cases of COVID-19.

The 4:25 p.m. breakdown for counties is:

Autauga – 6

Baldwin – 10

Blount – 5

Bullock – 3

Butler – 1

Calhoun – 3

Chambers – 17

Cherokee – 1

Chilton – 7

Choctaw – 1

Clay – 2

Cleburne – 4

Colbert – 1

Coosa – 2

Covington – 2

Crenshaw – 1

Cullman – 7

Dallas – 2

DeKlalb – 4

Elmore – 12

Escambia – 1

Etowah – 6

Franklin – 3

Greene – 3

Houston – 4

Jackson – 5

Jefferson – 195

Lamar – 1

Lauderdale – 13

Lawrence – 3

Lee – 56

Limestone – 16

Lowndes – 1

Madison – 62

Marengo – 3

Marion – 9

Marshall – 4

Mobile – 30

Monroe – 1

Montgomery – 18

Morgan – 15

Pickens – 1

Pike – 4

Randolph – 2

Russell – 1

St. Clair – 11

Shelby – 72

Talladega – 4

Tallapoosa – 5

Tuscaloosa – 22

Walker – 28

Washington – 2

Wilcox – 2

Winston - 2

AL.com reporter Paul Gattis contributed to this article.