Seven additional Alaskans are dead after contracting COVID-19. The state Department of Health and Social Services reported seven new coronavirus deaths yesterday, raising Alaska’s death toll to 451 residents and 15 nonresidents. Health officials say at least six of the seven victims were Anchorage residents ranging in age from their 50s to 70s.
All six of the resident deaths were recent:
- A male Anchorage resident in his 70s
- A male Anchorage resident in his 60s
- A male Anchorage resident in his 60s
- A male Anchorage resident in his 50s
- A male Anchorage resident in his 50s
- A male Anchorage resident in his 50s
Also, a nonresident female in her 60s recently died in Juneau.
The health department also reported 691 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, including 676 residents. Across the Kenai Peninsula, Homer reported 19 cases, Kenai 5, Anchor Point 4, Soldotna 3, Kenai Peninsula Borough North 1, Kenai Peninsula Borough South 1. In addition, there were 15 new nonresident cases reported, including 1 in Homer.
There are currently 202 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 who are hospitalized and nine additional patients who are considered persons under investigation (PUI) for a total of 211 current COVID-related hospitalizations. Thirty-three of these patients are on ventilators. The percentage of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 is 17.5%.
The current statewide alert level – based on the reported number of cases per 100,000 people over the past 7 days – is high (red) at 601.5. For boroughs and census areas: 25 areas are at the high alert level, including the Kenai Peninsula Borough.
61.9% of Alaskans aged 12 and older have received their first vaccine dose. 56.5% of Alaskans aged 12 and older have been fully vaccinated. 47.7% of the Kenai Peninsula Region is fully vaccinated.
