Mat-Su on Thursday had an average of 38.29 cases over the past 14 days, surpassing Anchorage’s average of 37.43.
Mat-Su also saw a spike in November, but then cases dropped again before rising again — though not as significantly in the past few weeks, Erickson said.Anne Zink, the state’s chief medical officer and a Mat-Su resident, said Thursday in response to a question about low uptake from seniors in Mat-Su and the Kenai Peninsula.
The lack of COVID-19 restrictions in Mat-Su this month prompted two large statewide high school sports events to move there from Anchorage. The state high school basketball championships are slated for several Mat-Su schools starting in late March, and the three-day state high school nordic ski championships began Thursday near Palmer. The basketball tournament was moved because Anchorage’s current mandate says non-municipal teams can’t participate in indoor activities, he said. It’s unclear whether Mat-Su will be at high alert status in a month, he said Asked if contact tracers were seeing any new cases from the recent state competitions moved from Anchorage, public health nurse Dillow said no, it was too soon to say