Another Fairbanks resident has died of causes associated with COVID-19 disease, the state Department of Health and Social Services reported Sunday.
The death was the third in three days – two of Fairbank’s residents and one of a resident of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region.
The death announced Sunday was from a Fairbanks man in his 70s who had other health problems. The other recent Fairbanks death, reported by the state Friday, was of a man in his 80s.
Eight of the 32 Alaskan deaths related to COVID-19 were from residents of the Fairbanks North Star Borough.
Also Sunday, the state announced 66 new cases of COVID-19 among Alaska residents, 12 of them residents of the Fairbanks North Star Borough. Of the new borough cases, 11 were from Fairbanks residents. The residence of the remaining boroughs was not disclosed.
Other cases announced Sunday in the following communities: Anchorage, Wasilla, Juneau, Palmer, Eagle River, Kenai, Bethel, Bethel Census Area, Chugiak, Girdwood, Nome Census Area and Soldotna.
No new cases of non-resident were reported.
The state Department of Health, in its latest weekly update Wednesday, reported that Alaska continues to see “rapid increases in new resident populations.”
The state reports that a majority of new cases remain among Alaskans from 20 to 29.
“Transfer between Alaskans at social gatherings, within families, at community events, churches and bars has significantly contributed to the rise of cases,” the report reads.
The report states that “Alaskan meetings should be avoided …”
The state removed two resident cases from the total, bringing the total to 4,741 after adding the new cases. There have been 817 cases among nonresidents in the state.
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