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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 reported 271 coronavirus infections and one death linked to COVID-19 between Saturday and Monday, according to data from the Department of Health and Social Services. The state no longer updates its coronavirus dashboard over the weekend, and instead includes those numbers in Monday’s report. The individual who died was a Wasilla man in his 50s, health officials said. Alaska’s average daily case counts have begun to decline again statewide. However, most regions in the state are still in the highest alert category based on their current per capita rate of infection, and health officials continue to encourage Alaskans to wear face coverings in public, avoid large gatherings, wash their hands frequently an
KETCHIKAN (KDN) â The Ketchikan Emergency Operations Center recorded nine new positive COVID-19 test results during the three-day period from Saturday through Monday, and Ketchikan High School closed to in-person learning on Tuesday due to two positive cases at the school.
Seven of the cases were charted on Monday, and two were counted on Saturday, according to the EOC dashboard on Monday evening.
All but one of the seven cases recorded on Monday involved symptomatic individuals.
Three of the Monday cases were still under investigation as to source, two were related to recent travel, one was due to close contact with a known positive case and one was found to be community spread, the dashboard showed.
KETCHIKAN (KDN) â The Ketchikan Emergency Operations Center on Friday charted four new COVID-19 cases â all involving symptomatic individuals â while one individual was hospitalized in the COVID-19 unit at PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center according to a Friday press release.
According to the EOC release, two of the Friday cases involved close contacts of a known positive case, and two were still under investigation.
Of Ketchikanâs 452 cumulative cases, 252 have been linked to close contact with a known positive.
As of Friday evening, 17 cases of COVID-19 were still active in Ketchikan.
The local positivity rate dropped from 2.17% on Thursday to 1.93% on Friday, the EOC dashboard showed.