Tracking COVID-19 in Alaska: 6 deaths and 355 cases reported Thursday - Anchorage Daily News

Alaska on Thursday reported six deaths and 355 new cases of COVID-19, according to the Department of Health and Social Services COVID-19 dashboard.

The five additional deaths reported on Thursday were identified during a standard death certificate review, and they involved two Anchorage men in their 70s, one of whom died out of state; an Anchorage woman in her 80s; a Fairbanks woman in her 80s; and a woman from the Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area in her 70s.

While Alaska’s death rate per capita remains among the lowest in the country, six deaths is the most reported in a single day by the state.

Of the 349 new cases reported among residents on Thursday, there were 129 cases in Anchorage; 44 in Wasilla; 20 in Eagle River; 20 in Palmer; 15 in Soldotna; 14 in Kenai; 13 in Chevak; 13 in Kodiak; 11 in Fairbanks; seven in Juneau; five in Chugiak; five in Sterling; four in North Pole; four in Utqiagvik; four in Delta Junction; three in Ketchikan; three in Bethel; two in Petersburg; two in Hooper Bay; two in Sitka; one in Homer; one in Nikiski; one in Big Lake; and one in Meadow Lakes.

There were also six nonresident cases reported Thursday: four in Fairbanks, one in Wasilla and one in Anchorage