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735 new people were identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 724 were residents: Wasilla (278), Anchorage (120), Palmer (80), Soldotna (36), Fairbanks (36), Kenai (27), Bethel Census Area (25), Eagle River (15), Chugiak (10), Homer (10), Bethel (8), Kenai Peninsula Borough North (7),

Delta Juntion (6), North Pole (6), Sterling (6), Unknown locations (6), Utqiaġvik (5), Houston (4), Nikiski (4), Anchor Point (3), Big Lake (3), Kodiak (3), Nome (3), Seward (3), Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (3), Craig (2), Juneau (2), Sitka (2), Southeast Fairbanks Census Area (2),

and one each in Dillingham Census Area, Ester, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Fritz Creek, Kusilvak Census Area, Northwest Arctic Borough, Meadow Lakes, Tok, and Willow.

Eleven new nonresident cases were identified yesterday:
•Six in Anchorage with purposes under investigation

•Two in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough with purposes under investigation 
•One in Fairbanks with purpose under investigation
•Two with location and purpose under investigation

Sixty-two resident cases were subtracted and one nonresident case was added to the dashboard through data verification procedures. This brings the total number of Alaska resident cases to 28,554 and the total number of nonresident cases to 1,222.

Backlogged data from a lab are part of the reason for the large case count in the Mat-Su today, as today’s count includes cases from the past ten days that had not yet been added. About 275 cases were previously unreported test results.

There were no delays in notifying the individuals who tested positive,but these results were delayed in their delivery to public health and therefore in entry into our system.

ALERT LEVELS – The current statewide alert level, based on the average daily case rate over 14 days per 100,000, is high at 81.1 cases per 100,000. All regions of Alaska are in high alert status with widespread community transmission occurring.
High (>10 cases/100,000)

•YK-Delta Region: 153.4 cases per 100,000
•Anchorage Municipality: 113.5 cases per 100,000
•Kenai Peninsula Borough: 104.9 cases per 100,000
•Other Interior Region: 64.9 cases per 100,000
•Matanuska-Susitna Region: 57.0 cases per 100,000

•NW Region: 46.1 cases per 100,000
•Fairbanks North Star Borough: 45.4 cases per 100,000
•SW Region: 38.3 cases per 100,000
•Juneau City and Borough: 25.9 cases per 100,000
•Other SE Region - N: 24.4 cases per 100,000
•Other SE Region - S: 13.3 cases per 100,000

CASES: SEX & AGES – Of the 724 Alaska residents, 426 are male and 298 are female. 57 are under the age of 10; 94 are aged 10-19; 132 are aged 20-29; 141 are aged 30-39; 123 are aged 40-49; 92 are aged 50-59; 54 are aged 60-69; 26 are aged 70-79 and five are aged 80 or older.

HOSPITALIZATIONS & DEATHS – Total of 678 hospitalizations and 118 deaths, with 3 new hospitalizations. 
Currently 147 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 are hospitalized and 12 PUI for a total of 159 hospitalizations. 25 patients are on ventilators. 14.3% inpatients are COVID

TESTING – A total of 990,773 tests have been conducted, with 28,338 tests conducted in the previous seven days. The average percentage of daily positive tests for the previous seven days is 6.5%.