Since the epidemic began here in March, a total of 120 Alaskans and one non-climber have died with Covid-19. State statistics show that two new deaths include anchorage residents.
Saturday’s COVID-19 numbers represent higher case counts across the state that have been growing for weeks with a nationwide virus outbreak. Concerns surrounding the state’s stressful hospital and health care system are growing daily tall.
And health officials say daily counts will report new case numbers due to the inconsistency in data entry. He says a complete picture of the state’s current virus situation could be given by looking at trends like the two-week average. Every region of the state is now at a high-alert level based on the average number of cases per 100,00 people in the last 14 days, a number that has been rising sharply in multiple areas over the past week. That means there is widespread community transmission, frequent outbreaks and many undetected cases in Alaska.
According to health officials, people in Alaska are getting the virus mostly through friends, family members and co-workers, and many who tested positive went to social gatherings, community events, church services and social places when they were infected, but not so much. Than. Yet they know Covid was 19.
Officials recommend that Alaskan people avoid associating with people they do not live with and avoid crowds, and they continue to encourage people to stay 6 feet away from others and wear masks around non-members of the household.
As of Saturday, 141 people were currently hospitalized by Covid-19 and patients at another 12 hospitals were suspected to be infected with the virus. One-fifth of all hospital patients nationwide had Covid-19 by the end of the week. Hospital admissions and limited availability of staff are worrisome, health officials said this week.
Of the 9,639 new cases reported by the state to Alaskan residents on Saturday, 222 were in Anchorage, plus 1 in Chugiak, 1,13 in Eagle River and one in Girdwood; 91 in Wasila, 29 in Palmer, two in Big Lake, one in Houston and one in Sutton-Alpine; 16 in Soldotna, 12 in Kenai, four in Sterling, two in Seward, two in Homer, one in Fritz Creek and one in Nikiski; 37 at Fairbank and seven at the North Pole; 11 in Kodiak; 10 in Nome; Seven in Utkiagvik; Seven in Juneau; Seven in Sitaka; Six at Bethel; Three at Delta Junction; Three in Cotzebu; Two in Dillingham; Two in Chevak; In a ketchup; One in Petersburg; And one in Unalska.
In communities of less than 1,000 unnamed to protect privacy, there are 55 resident cases in the Bethel Census Area; Eight in the Kusilwak census area; Four in the northern Kenai Peninsula borough; Four in the Yukon-Koyukuk census area; Two in the North West Arctic Borough; Two in the northern opera borough; One in Kodiak Island borough; One in the Valdez-Cordova census area; One in Denali Borough; One in the Prince Wa f Wales-Hyder Census Area; And a Yakutat plus Hunah-Angun area.
Seventeen cases of uncontested people were reported: seven in Anchorage, two in Delta Junction, one in Fairbank, one in Wasila, one in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area and five in unknown areas of the state.
The percentage of positive cases among people in Alaska is just five times higher than the previous week, officials said in a weekly report. Traveling through airports, planes, taxis or rideshares and by air hazards upon arrival, they said.
While people can be tested more than once, each case reported by the state health department represents only one person.
In new cases, it is not reported how many people showed symptoms when tested positive. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about one-third of people with the virus are asymptomatic.
