Tracking COVID-19 in Alaska: 1 death and 296 infections reported Wednesday - Anchorage Daily News

Alaska on Wednesday reported one virus-related death and 296 new COVID-19 infections, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services.

By Wednesday, 61 people with COVID-19 were hospitalized around the state and another seven patients were suspected of having the virus, according to the state.

By Wednesday, 35,383 people had received their first dose of vaccine with 7,965 having received both doses required for the vaccine to be fully effective, according to the state’s vaccine monitoring dashboard.

Of the 288 new cases reported Wednesday among Alaska residents, there were 81 in Anchorage plus 12 in Eagle River and one in Girdwood; 39 in Fairbanks; 19 in Bethel; 18 in Wasilla; eight in Palmer; seven in North Pole; seven in Petersburg; six in Ketchikan; four in Kodiak; four in Unalaska; three in Kenai; three in Nome; two in Utqiagvik; two in Delta Junction; one in Homer; one in Seward; one in Soldotna; one in Sterling; one in Cordova; one in Valdez; one in Kotzebue; one in Juneau; one in Sitka; one in Hooper Bay; and one in an unidentified region of the state.

Among communities smaller than 1,000 people not named to protect privacy, there were 27 in the Bethel Census Area; seven in the North Slope Borough; seven in the Kusilvak Census Area; six in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area; three in the northern Kenai Peninsula Borough; three in the Fairbanks North Star Borough; three in the Northwest Arctic Borough; one in the southern Kenai Peninsula Borough; one in the Kodiak Island Borough; one in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area; one in the Denali Borough; and one in the Prince of Wales and Hyder Census Area.

While people might get tested more than once, each case reported by the state health department represents only one person