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Alaska reports 751 cases of COVID-19 over the weekend as statewide surge continues - Anchorage Daily News
Aug 02, 2021 1 min, 33 secs

Alaska reported 751 COVID-19 cases over three days as a statewide surge driven by the highly infectious delta variant continued over the weekend.

The newly reported cases followed a trend of higher cases and hospitalizations that began in July.

By last week, the state was averaging over 200 new cases per day, and coronavirus-related hospitalizations had reached levels not seen since winter.

Hospital administrators said last week that the recent hospitalizations have involved patients who are on average younger and sicker than those seen previously, and that the vast majority of hospitalizations are of people who are unvaccinated.

The University of Alaska said over the weekend that beginning Monday, it would begin requiring face masks indoors on all of its campuses in communities where risk level is classified as “high” or “substantial” as defined by CDC guidelines — “except when you are in a private residence or alone in a private office with the door shut,” according to a statement signed by the university’s interim president, Pat Pitney.

Of the 703 new cases reported among Alaska residents, there were 283 cases in Anchorage, 53 in Wasilla, 40 in Kenai, 34 in Soldotna, 33 in Eagle River, 27 in Sitka, 22 in Fairbanks, 21 in Juneau, 20 in Palmer, 19 in Kodiak, 12 in North Pole, nine in Craig, eight in Ketchikan, eight in Kotzebue, seven in Chugiak, seven in Cordova, six in Bethel, five in Big Lake, four in Seward, three in Nikiski, three in Nome, three in Sterling, three in Utqiaġvik, two in Homer, two in Hooper Bay, two in Skagway, two in Sutton-Alpine, and one each in Douglas, Girdwood, Houston, Metlakatla, Salcha, Tok, Valdez and Wrangell.

There were 48 nonresident cases also identified: 18 in Anchorage, four in Juneau, four in Soldotna, three in Sitka, three in Wasilla, two in Fairbanks, two in a small community in the Prince of Wales and Hyder Census Area, one in Prudhoe Bay and 11 in unidentified regions of the state.

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