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CASE COUNT SUMMARY, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020 CASE COUNT SUMMARY, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020
DHSS today announced 427 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 420 were residents in: Anchorage (194), Fairbanks (62), Utqiaġvik (19), Kusilvak Census Area (16), North Pole (15), Bethel (14), Kodiak (10), Palmer (10), Eagle River (9), Wasilla (7), Chugiak (6), Fairbanks North Star Borough (6), Bethel Census Area (5), Delta Junction (4), Kenai (4), Homer (3), Juneau (3), North Slope Borough (3), Soldotna (3), SE Fairbanks Census Area (3), Nome (2), Seward (2), Sitka (2), Tok (2) and one each in Bristol Bay/Lake & Peninsula, Cordova, Dillingham, Dillingham Census Area, Healy, Hooper Bay, Kenai Peninsula Borough South, Ketchikan, Kodiak Island Borough, Kotzebue, Mat-Su Borough, Nikiski, Prudhoe Bay, Sterling, Valdez and Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area.
Seven new nonresident cases were identified yesterday:
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Today
Snow this morning will give way to lingering snow showers this afternoon. High 33F. Winds SSW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of snow 80%. 1 to 3 inches of snow expected..
Tonight
Cloudy with snow showers mainly during the evening. Low 6F. Winds W at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of snow 40%. Updated: April 4, 2021 @ 3:20 am
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The Deadline for signing up for free or subsidized medical insurance is just after midnight Tuesday, December 15.
“We are very concerned that people who had employer sponsored health care insurance, lost it in the recent layoffs due to the pandemic.”
That’s Lori Wing-Heir, Alaska’s Director of Insurance. She wants people to check out the plans today at healthcaremarketplace.com
Alaska has lost nearly 30,000 jobs since people have stopped traveling or eating indoors to avoid getting sick during the pandemic. According to the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, 3,600 of those jobs are in the Interior. Many of those people have no medical insurance.