The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services reports 890 new COVID-19 cases and 206 hospitalizations, 8 new deaths in the data update on Wednesday. That number includes 821 resident and 9 nonresident cases. Across the Kenai Peninsula, Kenai reported 29 new cases, Soldotna with 25, Homer with 13, Kenai Peninsula Borough North 9, Anchor Point with 5, Sterling with 5, Kenai Peninsula Borough South 4, Seward with 3 and Nikiski with 1.
The nine deaths were identified through death certificate review, according to the state Department of Health and Social Services. They included a female Fairbanks resident in her 70s, a male Fairbanks 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 60s, a male Soldotna resident in his 50s, and a female Juneau resident in her 50s.
There are currently 206 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 who are hospitalized and 12 additional patients who are considered persons under investigation (PUI) for a total of 218 current COVID-related hospitalizations. Twenty-nine of these patients are on ventilators. The percentage of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 is 17.1%.
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 756.48. For boroughs and census areas: 23 areas are at the high alert level, including the Kenai Peninsula Region.
64.4% of Alaskans aged 12 and older have received their first vaccine dose. 59.6% of Alaskans aged 12 and older have been fully vaccinated. 49.8% of the Kenai Peninsula Region are considered fully vaccinated.