The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services reported three new positive COVID-19 cases in their Wednesday update. That makes the total positive case count in the state 402. One case is out of Anchorage, one from the Northwest Arctic Borough, and one out of Bristol Bay.
Two nonresident cases were identified yesterday in seafood workers in Anchorage. They were identified through testing during their quarantine period and both are now in isolation. They are listed separately from the total Alaska case count since they are not residents of Alaska. This brings the total nonresident cases to 12, seven of which are in the seafood industry.
The Anchorage case is an inmate at the Anchorage Correctional Center, which was announced by the Alaska Department of Corrections yesterday. The Maniiliq Association also announced yesterday in a press release that the case in the Northwest Arctic Borough was an individual who tested positive in Kotzebue. The Alaska Section of Epidemiology and Public Health Nursing continues to work closely with these communities and organizations to assist with the investigations and contact tracing.
The number of active cases of COVID-19 patients in the state is 40. The active case-count has not been at 50 or higher since May 5. The total number of recovered patients, as of Wednesday’s update, is now 352.
No new deaths have been reported, with that total remaining at ten fatalities.
The total number of tests conducted in the state thus far is 37,045, with 1,952 conducted in the Kenai Peninsula Borough.
These cases are reported using the state’s timetable of reporting counts: 12:00 a.m. until 11:59 p.m. on May 19.
