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We re making this important information available without a subscription as a public service. But we depend on reader support to do this work. Please consider supporting independent journalism in Alaska, at just $3.69 a week for an online subscription. Alaska on Thursday reported 194 coronavirus infections and 20 COVID-19-related deaths, according to data from the Department of Health and Social Services. State data showed that eight of the newly reported deaths involved residents of Anchorage, along with three people from Fairbanks, one from Delta Junction, three from Wasilla, one from Sitka, one from a smaller community in the Yakutat plus Hoonah-Angoon region, one from the Kusilvak Census Area and one from the Dillingham Census Area. The 20th death involved a nonresident in Fairbanks, according to state data.
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We re making this important information available without a subscription as a public service. But we depend on reader support to do this work. Please consider supporting independent journalism in Alaska, at just $1.99 for the first month of your subscription. Alaska on Tuesday reported 156 coronavirus infections and no COVID-19-related deaths, according to data from the Department of Health and Social Services. Although case counts and hospitalizations in Alaska remain below what they were during a peak in November and December, the state’s average daily case rate have been increasing in recent weeks. Most regions in the state are still in the highest alert category based on their current per capita rate of infection.
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We re making this important information available without a subscription as a public service. But we depend on reader support to do this work. Please consider supporting independent journalism in Alaska, at just $1.99 for the first month of your subscription. Alaska on Friday reported 249 coronavirus infections and no COVID-19-related deaths, according to data from the Department of Health and Social Services. No coronavirus-related deaths have been reported in Alaska for 22 days, marking the state’s longest stretch without any COVID-19 deaths since last April. Alaska’s death rate per capita is still among the lowest in the country. In total, 309 Alaskans and four nonresidents with COVID-19 have died since the pandemic reached the state last spring.
13 test positive for COVID in Dillingham area January 29th |
Thirteen people tested positive for COVID-19 in three communities in the Dillingham Census area last week between January 15-22. One case is in the city of Dillingham and is related to travel, according to the Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation. The other 12 cases are located in two other communities in the area.
The state reported 50 cases in the Dillingham area and two hospitalizations in the last 30 days.
The health corporation is currently administering the COVID-19 vaccine to health care personnel, essential workers and seniors, and it is working to distribute the vaccine more widely.
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We re making this important information available without a subscription as a public service. But we depend on reader support to do this work. Please consider supporting independent journalism in Alaska, at just $1.99 for the first month of your subscription. Alaska on Friday reported the virus-related death of a Fairbanks man in his 80s as well as 305 new COVID-19 infections, according to the state Department of Health and Social Services. In total, 228 Alaskans and one nonresident with COVID-19 have died since the pandemic reached the state in March, including 23 deaths that were reported since Jan. 1. Alaska’s death rate per capita is among the lowest in the country, though the state’s size and vulnerable health care system complicate national comparisons.