There has been a “reported death” in Etowah County linked to the novel coronavirus COVID-19, according to a chart posted Wednesday morning at the Alabama Department of Health’s website.

Reported deaths, according to ADPH, are people who succumbed after a positive COVID-19 test. Deaths are not listed in the “died from illness” category until there’s an investigation of the patient’s medical records by a physician and the Infectious Disease and Outbreak staff.

The number of cases in Etowah County also rose by one to 9 in the latest numbers, as of about 11 a.m., on ADPH’s real-time Data and Surveillance Dashboard.

Alabama’s total cases crossed the 1,000 mark to 1,013, with 17 deaths listed as “died from illness” and 26 as “reported deaths.”

Cases by county as of midday Wednesday, according to the ADPH, were:

Autauga – 7; Baldwin – 20; Bibb -- 3; Blount – 5; Bullock – 3; Butler – 1; Calhoun – 10; Chambers – 37; Cherokee – 2; Chilton – 11; Choctaw – 3; Clay – 2; Cleburne – 6; Colbert – 4; Coosa – 4; Covington - 2; Crenshaw – 1; Cullman – 8; Dallas – 2; DeKalb – 4; Elmore – 12; Escambia - 1; Etowah – 9; Fayette -- 1; Franklin – 3; Greene - 3; Hale – 1; Houston – 8; Jackson – 8; Jefferson – 282; Lamar – 1; Lauderdale – 12; Lawrence – 3; Lee – 77; Limestone – 22; Lowndes – 1; Macon – 1; Madison – 101; Marengo – 4; Marion – 9; Marshall – 6; Mobile – 59; Monroe - 1; Montgomery – 31; Morgan – 20; Pickens – 4; Pike – 4; Randolph — 3; Russell – 1; St. Clair – 15; Shelby – 87; Sumter -- 1; Talladega – 7; Tallapoosa – 13; Tuscaloosa – 30; Walker – 32; Washington – 3; Wilcox – 3; Winston – 2.

Death tolls by county were:

Chambers – 4; Jackson – 1; Jefferson – 1, with 4 reported deaths; Lauderdale – 1; Lee – 2; Madison – 1; Mobile – 2, with 3 reported deaths; Montgomery – 1; Shelby – 2, with 3 reported deaths; Tallapoosa – 1; Washington – 1. Two reported deaths are under investigation in Marion County and one each in Cullman and Etowah counties.