Some new COVID cases in Sitka connected to Ketchikan outbreak Posted by Katherine Rose | May 11, 2021 Sitka’s COVID count increased again over the last week, but the city’s alert level remains ‘low.’ Between May 2 and May 9, Sitka reported 4 new coronavirus infections according to city data. A young woman between 10 and 19 years old, a man in his 30s, and a man and woman both in their 50s tested positive for the virus. Three of the patients are residents whose cases are travel-related. The fourth is a non-resident patient. Her case is tied to community spread. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Sitka has reported 369 coronavirus cases. Six of those cases are “active,” according to city data