Print article 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 Thursday reported 203 new COVID-19 infections and the coronavirus-related death of an Anchorage woman in her 70s, according to the state Department of Health and Social Services. Thursday’s case count continues a trend of steeply declining infection numbers over the past month. Infections in Anchorage and Alaska peaked in November and early December, prompting concerns about hospital capacity that spurred a December “hunker down” order for the Municipality of Anchorage.