Alaska on Sunday reported one death and 349 new cases of COVID-19, according to the Department of Health and Social Services COVID-19 dashboard.
The death of a Fairbanks woman in her 90s was reported Sunday. In total, 83 Alaskans with the virus have died since the start of the pandemic, and Alaska’s death rate per capita remains among the lowest in the country.
A record 80 people were hospitalized with the virus in Alaska as of Sunday, plus 18 people were hospitalized with suspected cases of COVID-19, according to state data. The state has continuously set and broken hospitalization records throughout the last few weeks, as officials warn that increasing case numbers could overwhelm hospitals if the virus continues to spread rapidly.
Of the 347 new resident cases reported by the state Sunday, there were 140 in Anchorage, plus 12 in Eagle River, four in Chugiak and one in Girdwood; two were in Homer, 11 in Kenai, 10 in Soldotna and five in Sterling; four were in Kodiak; one was in Valdez; 30 were in Fairbanks and five were in North Pole; two were in Delta Junction and one in Tok; two were in Big Lake, 13 in Palmer, owe in Sutton-Alpine, 48 in Wasilla and three in Willow; five in Utqiagvik; one in Kotzebue; 10 in Juneau; four in Ketchikan; one in Unalaska; seven in Bethel; 10 in Chevak; and two in unknown parts of the state.
Among communities smaller than 1,000 people that are not named to protect privacy, there was one in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area; one in the Fairbanks North Star Borough; one in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough; one in the Nome Census Area; one in the North Slope Borough; two in the Bethel Census Area; and one in the Kusilvak Census Area.
There were also two nonresident cases reported Sunday that the health department classified as unknown.
With a surge in virus cases persisting throughout the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, tribal health officials on Saturday urged residents to take protective measures even if a case hasn’t been identified within their community. Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp.'s advice to residents echoed what state health officials have repeatedly encouraged Alaskans to do: avoid gatherings, get tested, engage in frequent handwashing, stay at least 6 feet from others and wear a mask in public.
Of the new cases, it wasn’t clear how many patients were showing symptoms of the virus when they tested positive. While people might get tested more than once, each case reported by the state health department only represents one person.
The state’s testing positivity rate continued to rise and on Sunday reached 7.3% over a seven-day rolling average. A positivity rate over 5% can indicate high community transmission and not enough testing, health officials have said.
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