The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services reports over 500 new COVID-19 cases, 141 hospitalizations and 9 new deaths, due to a lag in cases being reported in the data update on Wednesday. That number includes 508 resident cases, of which 501 are resident and 7 are nonresident cases.
The Alaska residents who died were a male resident of Fairbanks in his 60s, a male resident of Delta Junction in his 60s, a female resident of Wasilla in her 60s, a male resident of Wasilla in his 50s, a female Anchorage resident in her 70s, two male Anchorage residents in their 60s, a male Anchorage resident in his 50s and a male Anchorage resident in his 30s.
There are currently 141 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 who are hospitalized and five additional patients who are considered persons under investigation for a total of 146 current COVID-related hospitalizations. Twenty-two of these patients are on ventilators. The percentage of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 is 13%. Central Peninsula Hospital published a graphic on Monday indicating that they won’t be updating the daily count graphic unless the numbers of COVID-19 patients increases above the threshold.
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 504.3, but slowly starting to decrease. For boroughs and census areas: 25 areas are at the high alert level, including the Kenai Peninsula Region.
59% of Alaskans aged 5 and older have received at least their first vaccine dose. 54% of Alaskans aged 5 and older have been fully vaccinated. 46% of the Kenai Peninsula Region are fully vaccinated.
