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Alaska's COVID-19 surge continues with 447 cases, 2 deaths and rising hospitalizations reported Thursday and Friday - Anchorage Daily News

Alaska's COVID-19 surge continues with 447 cases, 2 deaths and rising hospitalizations reported Thursday and Friday - Anchorage Daily News

Alaska's COVID-19 surge continues with 447 cases, 2 deaths and rising hospitalizations reported Thursday and Friday - Anchorage Daily News
Jul 24, 2021 1 min, 50 secs

COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations kept ticking upward this week as Alaska health officials anticipated that the state’s latest virus surge will continue based on current trends.

On Friday, Alaska reported 447 infections, two virus-related deaths and a continued rise in hospitalizations over the last two days, with much of the state remaining at a high alert level.

Health officials have said that higher vaccination rates — in the range of 70-80% of the total population — are needed to prevent widespread outbreaks, but vaccinations in Alaska have plateaued since spring.

In Sitka, the worst outbreak the community has suffered since the pandemic began continued with another 64 cases reported Thursday and Friday.

By Friday, there were 80 people with confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19 hospitalized around the state — up from 70 on Wednesday.

The recent rise in cases can likely be attributed in part to the highly contagious delta variant first identified in India in December and in Alaska in May, health officials have said.

Of the 427 new resident cases reported Thursday and Friday, there were 137 in Anchorage, 64 in Sitka, 30 in Wasilla, 23 in Juneau, 19 in Fairbanks, 15 in Soldotna, 10 in Eagle River, 10 in Kenai, 10 in Nome, 10 in Seward, seven in Cordova, seven in Kodiak, five in North Pole, five in Palmer, five in Tok, five in Valdez, four in Chugiak, four in Unalaska, two in Bethel, two in Delta Junction, two in Hooper Bay, and one each in Chevak, Douglas, Healy, Sterling and Wrangell

Among smaller communities, there were 17 in the Bethel Census Area, 10 in the Copper River Census Area, four in the southern Kenai Peninsula Borough, three in the Dillingham Census Area, three in the Kusilvak Census Area, two in the Aleutians East Borough and one each in the Fairbanks North Star Borough, northern Kenai Peninsula Borough, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Kodiak Island Borough, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Northwest Arctic Borough and Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area

There were 20 nonresident cases also identified: five in Anchorage, two in Fairbanks, two in Ketchikan, two in Kodiak, two in the Northwest Arctic Borough, two in Unalaska, one in Sitka, one in Juneau and three in unidentified regions of the state

Note: The health department now updates its coronavirus dashboard on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays excluding holidays

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