Department of Health and Social Services Wednesday announced one new death and 353 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 350 are residents in: Anchorage (168), Wasilla (55), Fairbanks (23), Palmer (18), Kenai (13), Soldotna (11), North Pole (9), Eagle River (7), Juneau (6), Dillingham Census Area (5), Kotzebue (5), Bethel Census Area (4), Bethel (3), Nikiski (3), Tok (3), Kenai Peninsula Borough North (2), Sterling (2), and one each in Aleutians West Census Area, Big Lake, Bristol Bay and Lake and Peninsula Borough, Chugiak, Delta Junction, Douglas, Girdwood, Kusilvak Census Area, Matanuska Susitna Borough, Meadow Lakes, Utqiaġvik, Yakutat and Hoonah-Angoon, and one with location under investigation.
Three new nonresident cases were identified yesterday:
- Anchorage (1) with purpose listed as ‘other industry’
- Two with location and purpose under investigation
Five resident cases were added to and one nonresident case removed from the data dashboard through data verification procedures. This brings the total number of Alaska resident cases to 14,097 and the total number of nonresident cases to 1,058.
ALERT LEVELS – The current statewide alert level, based on the average daily case rate over 14 days per 100,000, is high at 37.34 per 100,000. Regional alert levels are noted below:
High (>10 cases/100,000)
- YK-Delta Region: 107.51 cases per 100,000
- Anchorage Municipality: 44.45 cases per 100,000
- Northwest Region: 35.93 cases per 100,000
- Matanuska-Susitna Region: 33.62 per 100,000
- Fairbanks North Star Borough: 33.22 per 100,000
- Kenai Peninsula Borough: 30.23 per 100,000
- Juneau City and Borough: 25.01 per 100,000
- Other Interior Region: 24.98 per 100,000
- Southwest Region: 12.11 per 100,000
Intermediate (5-10 cases/100,000)
- Other Southeast Region – Northern: 7.33 per 100,000
Low (<5 cases/100,000)
- Other Southeast Region – Southern: 2.87 per 100,000
CASES: SEX & AGES – Of the 350 Alaska residents, 168 are male, 181 are female and one case is under investigation. 26 are under the age of 10; 44 are aged 10-19; 53 are aged 20-29; 69 are aged 30-39; 51 are aged 40-49; 56 are aged 50-59; 25 are aged 60-69; 21 are aged 70-79 and five are aged 80 or older.
CASES: HOSPITALIZATIONS & DEATHS – There have been a total of 413 hospitalizations and 71 deaths, with 13 new hospitalizations and one new death reported. Individuals who no longer require isolation (recovered cases) total 6,422. The person who died was a female resident of the Kenai Peninsula Borough-North in her 80s. Our thoughts are with her loved ones and family.
There are currently 63 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 who are hospitalized and 17 additional patients who are considered persons under investigation (PUI) for a total of 80 current COVID-related hospitalizations. Eight of these patients are on ventilators.
TESTING – A total of 580,599 tests have been conducted, with 17,044 tests conducted in the previous seven days. The average percentage of daily positive tests for the previous seven days is 6.89%.