KETCHIKAN (KDN) — No new cases of COVID-19 were recorded by the local Emergency Operations Center on Friday, and the total of active cases in Ketchikan dropped to 14.
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e want to be able to stretch those dollars as much as possible, because, at this point we have no idea the depth and magnitude of the needs were going to have in helping students address the challenges that are going to come out of Covid.”
He says $10,494,081 will go into the budget that starts July 1 this year. Another $8,125,827.16 will be used the following year.
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We’ll end up using some of CARES III, or the ARPA funds, next year. But the lion’s share will be utilized in FY 23, and possibly a little bit in FY 24.”
This federal COVID relief was signed into law on March 11. The ARP Act provides an additional $122 billion for puts money into the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund, or what’s called the ESSER Fund.
KETCHIKAN (KDN) â The Ketchikan Emergency Operations Center announced six new positive novel coronavirus test results on Tuesday, and for the first time in more than two weeks, no individuals were hospitalized in the COVID-19 unit at PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center.
âOne case was reported after the press release on (Friday), and five were reported today,â according to a Tuesday evening press release from the EOC. âOf the six cases, one was determined to be community spread, and five are under investigation.â
One of the new cases involved an individual who was not vaccinated but was eligible to be vaccinated, and one involved someone who was not eligible to be vaccinated, while four of the cases involved individuals whose vaccination status was unknown by Tuesday evening, according to the EOC dashboard.