COIVD-19 is highly contagious and our cases are rapidly increasing.

Please avoid all activities with people outside your immediate household - especially all indoor activities. If you must be around others - wear a mask and stay distanced at least 6 feet.

526 new people were identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 520 are residents in: Anchorage (193), Fairbanks (65), Wasilla (49), Juneau (34), Palmer (18), Soldotna (17), Chevak (16), Eagle River (13), Bethel Census Area (11), Kenai (11), North Pole (10), Bethel (9), Kotzebue (8),

Utgiagvik (7), Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (5), Homer (3), Houston (3), Kenai Peninsula - North (3), Sitka (3), Tok (3), Valdez-Cordova Census Area (3), Big Lake (2), Chugiak (2), Dillingham (2), Fairbanks North Star Borough (2), Kodiak (2), Nome Census Area (2), Skagway (2),

Sterling (2), Willow (2) and one each in Bristol Bay plus Lake and Peninsula Boroughs, Delta Junction, Dillingham Census Area, Douglas, Girdwood, Healy, Hooper Bay, Kenai Peninsula - South, Ketchikan, Kusilvak Census Area, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Nome, Northwest Arctic Borough

Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Seward, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Valdez and Yakutat plus Hoonah-Angoon.

Six new nonresident cases were identified yesterday.
•North Slope Borough: 2 in oil industry
•Kenai Peninsula Borough: 1 in unknown industry
•3 in unknown

Three resident cases were added to the data dashboard through data verification procedures. This brings the total number of Alaska resident cases to 13,012 and the total number of nonresident cases to 1,052.

ALERT LEVELS – The current statewide alert level, based on the average daily case rate over 14 days per 100,000, is high at 31.76 per 100,000. Regional alert levels are noted below:

High (>10 cases/100,000)
•YK-Delta Region: 99.09 cases per 100,000

•Anchorage Municipality: 39.26 cases per 100,000
•Northwest Region: 38.28 cases per 100,000
•Fairbanks North Star Borough: 30.54 per 100,000
•Juneau City and Borough: 22.11 per 100,000
•Kenai Peninsula Borough: 21.29 per 100,000

•Other Interior Region: 21.02 per 100,000
•Matanuska-Susitna Region: 21.00 per 100,000

Intermediate (5-10 cases/100,000)
•SW Region: 8.4 per 100,000
•Other SE Region - Northern: 7.68 per 100,000

Low (<5 cases/100,000)
•Other SE Region - Southern: 3.23 per 100,000

CASES: SEX & AGES – Of the 520 Alaska residents, 240 are male, 279 are female. 35 are under the age of 10; 52 are aged 10-19; 85 are aged 20-29; 104 are aged 30-39; 77 are aged 40-49; 72 are aged 50-59; 58 are aged 60-69; 29 are aged 70-79 and eight are aged 80 or older.

CASES: HOSPITALIZATIONS & DEATHS – There have been a total of 391 hospitalizations and 68 deaths, with two new hospitalizations and no new deaths reported. Individuals who no longer require isolation (recovered cases) total 6,300.

There are currently 58 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 who are hospitalized and no additional patients who are considered persons under investigation (PUI) for a total of 58 current COVID-related hospitalizations. Nine of these patients are on ventilators.

TESTING – A total of 559,969 tests have been conducted, with 10,280 tests conducted in the previous seven days. The average percentage of daily positive tests for the previous seven days is 6.32%.

We continue to expand testing -please get tested at the start of any new symptoms.