368 cases and two deaths Wednesday in Alaska anchoragepress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from anchoragepress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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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 217 new COVID-19 infections and the 200th death of an Alaskan with the virus, according to the Department of Health and Social Services. The death involved an Anchorage man in his 50s, according to the state health department. In a social media post, the department offered condolences to all who had lost loved ones due to the virus.
State data showed all three deaths involved Anchorage residents. In total, 178 Alaskans and one nonresident with COVID-19 have died since the pandemic began here in March. Alaska’s overall death rate per capita is among the lowest in the country, but officials say it’s difficult to compare Alaska to other states because of its vast geography and vulnerable health care system. By Tuesday, there were 133 people with COVID-19 hospitalized statewide and another seven people in hospitals who were suspected to have the virus. In total, 14.6% of people hospitalized in Alaska had COVID-19. Throughout the state there were 38
staffed adult intensive care unit beds left open. In Anchorage, where the state’s sickest patients often end up, only three
CASE COUNT SUMMARY, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 CASE COUNT SUMMARY, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020
DHSS today announced three new Alaska resident deaths and 284 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 277 were residents in: Anchorage (125), Kodiak (24), Wasilla (24), Fairbanks (17), Utqiaġvik (10), Juneau (9), Kusilvak Census Area (9), North Pole (9), Palmer (8), Sitka (5), Chugiak (4), Kenai (4), Bethel (2), Bethel Census Area (2), Big Lake (2), Delta Junction (2), Eagle River (2), Homer (2), North Slope Borough (2), Valdez- Cordova Census Area (2), and one each in Bristol Bay/ Lake & Peninsula, Dillingham, Douglas, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Hooper Bay, Ketchikan, Nikiski, Nome Census Area, Seward, Skagway, Soldotna, Sterling, and Tok.
Seven new nonresident cases were identified yesterday:
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