Alabama State Rep. Joe Faust (R-Fairhope) is in the intensive care unit at Thomas Hospital with a case of COVID-19, local TV station WKRG reported late Monday.
Faust, 80, was first elected to the Alabama House of Representatives in 2004.
He told WRKG he was getting good treatment from the medical staff at the hospital, and the station’s reporter said he “sounded like he was doing well.”
Faust represents Alabama House District 94, which encompasses the Baldwin County towns of Fairhope, Point Clear, Summerdale and the northern edge of Foley.
“I ask that you join me in saying a prayer for State Representative Joe Faust from Fairhope as he battles the coronavirus. We are praying for you, Joe!” tweeted U.S. Representative Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) on Monday in response to the news.
Byrne’s congressional district covers the same area as Faust’s state-level district, and the two men served in the Alabama legislature at the same time for a brief period during the early 2000s.
U.S. Rep.-elect Jerry Carl, who will succeed Byrne in Congress in January, wrote in a Facebook post on Tuesday, “Please let’s all pray for the swift recovery of Rep. Joe Faust.”
Henry Thornton is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can contact him by email: henry@new-yhn.local or on Twitter @HenryThornton95.
