1,043 students at the University of Alabama had tested positive for Covid-19 by August 29, 2020, in the ten days since classes resumed August 19 on the Tuscaloosa campus. Previously, only 158 cases had been recorded on campus over the course of the year prior to August 18, bringing the total to 1,201 cases. The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) confirmed 157 student cases up to August 29, and the Huntsville campus (UAH) reported 10, per the UA System Covid-19 dashboard.