ALABAMA :

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/alabama/articles/2021-09-23/alabama-leading-us-in-covid-19-death-rate-over-last-2-weeks

HOSPITALIZATIONS DECLINE, IN U.S., BUT ICU SPACES ARE MOSTLY NONEXISTENT :

https://www.forbes.com/sites/graisondangor/2021/09/25/covid-hospitalizations-dip-but-more-than-half-of-states-have-almost-no-icu-beds-open/amp/