A Soldotna City Council Work Session will be held tomorrow evening (on Zoom) at 4:00 p.m. featuring special guest speakers from the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services.

On Monday, the Department of Health and Social Services announced 563 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska

Bruce Richards, Director of External Affairs at the Central Peninsula Hospital says, “We’re starting to see our numbers come up at the hospital. We’re starting to see more cases come into the hospital because of COVID-19. It’s definitely changed over the last two weeks as a spike that we’re in.” 

On Sunday, the Department of Health and Social Services announced 654 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska.

COVID-19 Health Mandates replaced under new Disaster Declaration, new intrastate travel guidance and requirements issued.

On Saturday, the Department of Health and Social Services announced one death of an Alaska resident and 745 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska.

A Saturday morning apartment fire was reported in Kenai. Central Emergency Services was dispatched at 4:32 a.m. to a four-plex at Onslow Ave, off of K-Beach Rd.

On Friday, the Department of Health and Social Services announced one death of an Alaska resident and 589 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska.

This means that Pre-K, Kindergarten, and Intensive Needs students will NOT attend school onsite, and education delivery for students enrolled at schools operating in High COVID-19 Risk areas will be delivered remotely via digital platforms or with paper packets.