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Alaska reports death of Anchorage man with COVID-19, plus 80 new infections statewide - Anchorage Daily News

Alaska reports death of Anchorage man with COVID-19, plus 80 new infections statewide - Anchorage Daily News

Alaska reports death of Anchorage man with COVID-19, plus 80 new infections statewide - Anchorage Daily News
Aug 03, 2020 1 min, 10 secs

Alaska on Monday reported another death tied to COVID-19, an Anchorage man in his 70s.

Across the state, 80 new resident and nonresident cases were reported Monday: 61 Alaskans and 19 non-Alaskans.

Half the new cases were reported in Anchorage, where 40 residents tested positive, plus one Eagle River resident.

That’s a drop from record daily highs reported recently in Anchorage: On July 26, the city reported 158 new resident cases; on Sunday, there were 111; and on Saturday, 110.

Two reported cases were workers at a North Slope oil field, said ConocoPhillips spokesperson Natalie Lowman.

Both workers have been flown from the Alpine camp to Anchorage, and contact tracing has been completed, she said in an email on Monday.

“Those who were in contact with the positive cases on the Slope have either been moved to Anchorage or are currently being quarantined at a geographically separate camp at Alpine,” Lowman said.

Monday’s newly reported cases have increased the number of active resident and nonresident cases statewide to 2,924, with 1,115 people considered recovered.

Nonresident cases reported Monday include five in Seward, seven in Kodiak, one in Juneau, and three each in Bristol Bay and an unknown region.

Two cases were confirmed in North Slope workers.

The largest outbreaks in the state so far have involved seafood industry workers, and more than 250 are in quarantine or isolation in Anchorage after testing positive for the virus or being in close contact with someone who has.

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