CASE COUNT SUMMARY, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021
DHSS today announced 226 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 178 were residents in: Anchorage (45), Wasilla (32), Palmer (24), Fairbanks (14), Eagle River (6), Bethel Census Area (5), Dillingham Census Area (5), Juneau (5), Tok (4), Ketchikan (3), Kodiak (3), North Pole (3), Sitka (3), Southeast Fairbanks Census Area (3), Valdez-Cordova Census Area – Copper River (3), Nome Census Area (2), Seward (2), Unalaska (2), and one each in Aleutians East Borough, Anchor Point, Bethel, Big Lake, Douglas, Homer, Houston, Kusilvak Census Area, Nikiski, Petersburg, Soldotna, Utqiaġvik, Valdez, and Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area.
Forty-eight new nonresident cases were identified yesterday in:
Anchorage: 21 in seafood industry and two with purposes under investigation
Aleutians East Borough: 15 in seafood industry
Five of the cases involve symptomatic individuals, according to a Wednesday evening press release from the EOC.
All five of those cases were still under investigation as to source and contacts on Wednesday evening.
One case involves an asymptomatic individual. Investigation as to the source of the case, along with contact tracing, were underway on Wednesday, according to the EOC.
The seventh case involved a symptomatic individual who was determined to be a close contact of a known positive.
 Additionally, The two cases pending from (Tuesday) were determined to be community spread, the EOC statement noted.
Community spread has accounted for 18% of all COVID-19 cases recorded in Ketchikan to date, per online EOC ifnormation.
CASE COUNT SUMMARY, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021 CASE COUNT SUMMARY, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021
DHSS today announced 140 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 133 were residents in: Anchorage (45), Bethel Census Area (18), Bethel (11), Kusilvak Census Area (10), Eagle River (7), Wasilla (6), Fairbanks (4), Kodiak (4), Tok (4), Juneau (3), Aleutians East Borough (2), Chugiak (2), North Pole (2), Soldotna (2), Valdez-Cordova Census Area – Copper River (2) and one each in Girdwood, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Kenai, Kenai Peninsula Borough South, Ketchikan, Kotzebue, Nome, Sitka, Unalaska, Utqiaġvik and Yukon-Koyukuk Census area.
Seven new nonresident cases were identified yesterday in: Aleutians East Borough: four in seafood industry Anchorage: one with purpose under investigation Nome: one with purpose under investigation
CASE COUNT SUMMARY, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021 CASE COUNT SUMMARY, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021
DHSS today announced one death of an Alaska resident and 184 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 178 were residents in: Anchorage (44), Bethel Census Area (38), Fairbanks (19), Wasilla (13), Bethel (8), Aleutians East Borough (6), Kusilvak Census Area (6), North Pole (6), Unalaska (5), Dillingham Census Area (4), Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (4), Eagle River (3), Homer (3), Kenai (2), Ketchikan (2), Seward (2), and one each in Big Lake, Chugiak, Cordova, Douglas, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Juneau, Kodiak, North Slope Borough, Sitka, Soldotna, Sutton-Alpine, Willow, and Yakutat/Hoonah-Angoon.
Six new nonresident cases were identified yesterday in: Unalaska: two in seafood industry, one with purpose under investigation
About 100 people have signed up for the Kodiak Emergency Operations Centerâs COVID-19 vaccine clinic today. Walk-up appointments will be accepted, EOC Director Mike Tvenge said.Â
The clinic will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the parking lot next to the Harbormasterâs office. Two heated tents have been constructed to host the clinic, which will administer the Pfizer vaccine. The tents are field hospitals the EOC purchased with Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security money.Â
Anyone over the age of 65 can get the jab. Second doses, which the Pfizer vaccine requires, will be given at a similar clinic on Feb. 19. Masks and social distancing will be required.Â