The coronavirus death toll in Alabama has now reached at least 10, after a Lee County hospital announced its sixth fatality in three days.

The official count by the Alabama Department of Public Health still puts the state at 4 deaths. But two local agencies have announced deaths that have not yet been confirmed and included in the official state numbers.

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East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, next to Auburn, said in a press release Sunday afternoon that a sixth patient had died. The hospital said only one of the six, from Chambers County, has been confirmed by ADPH and said it was sharing COVID-19 information daily “so as to keep area residents informed.”

Of the six deaths, four were from neighboring Chambers County and two were from Lee County.

The Opelika hospital is the only hospital in the state so far to announce a coronavirus death.

The Mobile County Health Department has also announced a death that has not yet been reflected in the ADPH count.

The state health department has confirmed deaths of residents from Jackson, Madison and Lauderdale counties in north Alabama, as well as the person in Chambers County.

EAMC alone announced five deaths on Saturday.

Sunday's death at EAMC came about due to complications brought on by COVID-19, the hospital said.

Lee County now has 59 positive COVID-19 tests, according to the state health department website on Sunday. That's the fourth-most of any county, surpassed by Jefferson, Shelby and Madison. As of 5:30 p.m. Sunday, the state had 827 confirmed COVID-19 positive tests.

The Lee County hospital last week expressed concern over the spread of the deadly virus through church congregations, which it said were still meeting in the Auburn area as recently as last Sunday.