Alaska reported 604 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday and no new deaths, according to the Department of Health and Social Services COVID-19 dashboard.
Saturday’s count has the highest number of cases reported nationwide in a single day, followed by Oct. October. 666 and 5,004 cases were reported on Friday.
In Alaska, 95 people were currently hospitalized with the virus as of Saturday, just below the record of 97 hospital admissions on Friday. The other 10 patients at the hospital are suspected to have Covid-19, according to state statistics.
The state’s hospital capacity is worrisome given the rapidly growing cases, according to health officials. Public health officials say the virus is widely spread among friends, family and coworkers at gatherings, sports events and in the workplace.
Since the onset of the epidemic, a total of 84 deaths have been reported from the Alaska virus, and Alaska has the lowest per capita overall mortality rate in the country.
As of Saturday, every area of the state was in the high alert area, meaning there were more than 10 cases per 100,000 people on average.
Of the 600 resident cases reported Saturday in the state, 300 were in English, plus 19 in Eagle River, 12 in Chugiak and one in Girdwood; 42 in Wasila; 28 in Palmer; 25 in Soldotna; 23 at Fairbank; 16 in Chevak; 14 in Kenai; 13 at Bethel; 11 in Juneau; 10 in Ketchikan; Six in Kodak; Six in Utkiagvik; Five at the North Pole; Four at Delta Junction; Three in sterling; Three in Cotzebu; Three in Sitaka; Two in Seward; Two in Homer; Two in Matalakatla; Two in a large lake; Two in willow; Hopper two in two; One in Nikiski; One in Valdez; One in Petersburg; One in Unalska; And one of the unfamiliar parts of the state.
Of the less than 1,000 unnamed communities to protect privacy, there were 115 resident cases in the Bethel census area; Six in the Valdez-Cordova census area; Four in the Dillingham census area; Four in the Kusilwak census area; Three in the nom census area; Two in Ketchikan Gateway Borough; Two in the southern Kenai Peninsula borough; One of the boroughs of the northern Kenai Peninsula; One of the metanuska-susitna boroughs; And one of the northern opera boroughs.
Four ineffective cases have also been reported in the state: three in Anchorage and one in an undisclosed part of the state.
As of Saturday, there were 12,065 active cases of the virus among Alaskan residents and strangers in the state. A total of 7,157 people were thought to have recovered.
In new cases, how many patients tested positive did not show symptoms of the virus. While people can be tested more than once, each case reported by the state health department represents only one person.
The positivity of the state test as of Saturday was 6.9% above the seven-day rolling average. Health officials say a positivity rate of more than %% indicates high community transmission and not adequate testing
