Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday issued her twenty-sixth supplemental emergency proclamation transitioning the state from an amended Safer at Home Order to a new Safer Apart Order, the third phase of COVID-19 pandemic health orders. Masks will no longer be mandated statewide, but individuals are strongly encouraged to wear a mask or other facial covering when in public and in close contact with other people. This order goes into effect at 5 p.m. on Friday, April 9, 2021 and extends until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 5, 2021.

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Q: What is the fatality rate?

Because many mild or asymptomatic COVID\-19 infections go unreported, it is thought the case fatality ratio is lower than 2%, [possibly](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/04/health/coronavirus-death-rate.html) somewhere between 0.5% and 1%; but that would still mean that COVID\-19 is many more times deadly than the flu, and very dangerous. "In the United States, COVID\-19 now [kills](https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-fatality/covid-19-fatality-rate-down-30-since-april-study-finds-idUKL1N2HY2E1) about 0.6% of people infected with the virus, compared with around 0.9% early in the pandemic." For the most recent counts of confirmed COVID\-19 cases, deaths, and recoveries, visit this [dashboard](https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6). Updated 2 December 2020

What is the fatality rate?

Because many mild or asymptomatic COVID-19 infections go unreported, it is thought the case fatality ratio is lower than 2%, possibly somewhere between 0.5% and 1%; but that would still mean that COVID-19 is many more times deadly than the flu, and very dangerous.

"In the United States, COVID-19 now kills about 0.6% of people infected with the virus, compared with around 0.9% early in the pandemic."

For the most recent counts of confirmed COVID-19 cases, deaths, and recoveries, visit this dashboard.

Updated 2 December 2020