Alaska reported 1,793 new COVID-19 cases in the data update from the state Department of Health and Social Services on Friday. That number includes 1,735 resident and 58 nonresident cases.
Across the Kenai Peninsula, Kenai reported 80 cases, Soldotna 63, Nikiski 14, Homer 8, Kenai Peninsula Borough North 8, Seward 8, Anchor Point 5, and Sterling 5. Kenai reported 1 nonresident case, along with 1 in Seward.
There were 19 new resident hospitalizations, 41 Alaska resident deaths and three nonresident deaths reported on Thursday. One Alaska resident death was recent:
- A female Homer resident in her 70s
40 Alaska resident deaths from May through August were identified through death certificate review:
- A male Northwest Arctic Borough resident 80 years or older
- A male Fairbanks resident 80 years or older
- A female Fairbanks resident in her 60s
- A female Fairbanks resident in her 60s
- A male Fairbanks resident in his 50s
- A male North Pole resident in his 70s
- A female Tok resident in her 70s
- A female Bethel resident in her 70s
- A male Bethel resident in his 60s
- A male Willow resident in his 60s
- A female Wasilla resident 80 years or older
- A female Wasilla resident in her 70s
- A female Wasilla resident in her 70s
- A male Wasilla resident in his 60s
- A male Wasilla resident in his 50s
- A female Wasilla resident in her 30s
- A male Palmer resident in his 60s
- A male Big Lake resident in his 70s
- A female Anchorage resident 80 years or older
- A male Anchorage resident 80 years or older
- A male Anchorage resident in his 70s
- A female Anchorage resident in her 70s
- A male Anchorage resident in his 70s
- A female Anchorage resident in her 50s
- A male Anchorage resident in his 50s
- A female Anchorage resident in her 40s
- A male Anchorage resident in his 40s
- A male Anchorage resident in his 30s
- A male Anchorage resident in his 20s
- A male Kenai resident in his 60s
- A female Soldotna resident in her 70s
- A male Soldotna resident in his 20s
- A female Juneau resident 80 years or older
- A male Juneau resident in his 60s
- A male Juneau resident in his 50s
- A male Sitka resident in his 50s
- A male Petersburg resident in his 60s
- A female Ketchikan resident 80 years or older
- A male Ketchikan resident 80 years or older
- A female Ketchikan resident 80 years or older
Three nonresident deaths were also identified through death certificate review:
- A male nonresident in 60s died in Fairbanks
- A male nonresident in his 50s died in Fairbanks
- A male nonresident in his 50s died in Fairbanks
NOTE: Friday’s data summary includes a large batch of COVID-related deaths. Some of these deaths occurred in the spring, but most are fatalities that occurred in August. Reporting was delayed due to the cyberattack on DHSS this year. Please know that our data team and Health Analytics and Vital Records Section (HAVRS) are diligently examining death certificate reviews to identify COVID-related deaths as we come back up to speed following the cyberattack. Please see this webpage for more information on the process used to report COVID-19 deaths: dhss.alaska.gov/dph/epi/id/pages/covid-19/deathcounts.aspx
There are currently 217 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 who are hospitalized and six additional patients who are considered persons under investigation (PUI) for a total of 223 current COVID-related hospitalizations. Forty-one of these patients are on ventilators. The percentage of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 is 18.1%.
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 973.9. For boroughs and census areas: 24 areas are at the high alert level, including the Kenai Peninsula Region.
62.8% of Alaskans aged 12 and older have received their first vaccine dose. 58.5% of Alaskans 12 and older have been fully vaccinated. 48.9% of the Kenai Peninsula Region are considered fully vaccinated.