The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services reported 19 new positive COVID-19 cases in their Monday update, including four in the Kenai Peninsula Borough. One of the cases comes from Soldotna, two are from Homer and the other one is from a community on the peninsula with fewer than 1,000 residents.
The number of active cases of COVID-19 cases in the Kenai Peninsula is 55. The number of active cases in the state of Alaska is now 169. The last time the active case count was as high was on April 6 when the tally equaled Monday’s official count of 169. There have been a total of 563 cumulative positive COVID-19 cases in Alaska, with 384 designated as recovered.
No new fatalities were reported, with that total remaining at ten.
A total of 65,912 tests have been administered in Alaska thus far, which includes 3,917 in the Kenai Peninsula.
These cases are reported using the state’s timetable of reporting counts: 12:00 a.m. until 11:59 p.m. on June 7.
