Hey #Alaska - we moved into #1 for most people vaccinated/capita:

nytimes.com/interactive/20…

and we have more people are vaccinated in Alaska than diagnosed with COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.

I think our high vaccination has to do with 4 major things: 1. Alaskans. Alaskans have come together to vaccinate: providers and volunteers, families and friends, municipal and tribal leaders, Alaskans have risen to the challenge in the most amazing ways.

10 things to know about the vaccination process

1.Our goal is to get vaccines out quickly, efficiently and equitably. 2. It looks different in every community but these may include large vaccine clinics, hospital clinics, vaccines at both primary care and specialty care clinics, door to door vaccination, pharmacy-based vaccine, mobile teams, and the appointment scheduling system.

This weeks COVID case update is out: (content.govdelivery.com/accounts/AKDHS…) and here are a few highlights:

• In the last week our downward trajectory has flattened out and test positivity rose slightly, raising concern for an uptick in transmission. •The daily growth rate in Alaska reversed from 0.26% to -4.2% over the past three weeks, indicating a general downward trajectory. However, in the last week the trajectory has flattened out and test positivity rose slightly, raising concern for an uptick in transmission.

Every time I walk into my shift, I can see into the ICU.

I love standing outside and glimpsing the beauty of this profession before I walk in to the middle of it.
These days, it’s darker outside, the lights are on all the time and there is often frenetic movement. I see teams in full PPE huddling to discuss a case, a silhouette of a nurse making adjustments at someone’s bedside or someone “term cleaning” a room after a COVID patient has left, either from being discharged or from passing away.

656 new people were identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 639 were residents in: Anchorage (262), Wasilla (91), Bethel Census Area (55), Fairbanks (37), Palmer (29), Chugiak (16), Soldotna (16), Eagle River (13), Kenai (12), Kodiak (11), Nome (10), Kusilvak Census Area (8), Juneau (7), North Pole (7), Sitka (7), Utqiaġvik (7) Bethel (6), Kenai Peninsula Borough North (4), Sterling (4), Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (4), Delta Junction (3), Kotzebue (3), Big Lake (2), Chevak (2), Dillingham (2), Homer (2), North Slope Borough (2),

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),

Today we have our highest daily count. This is the first day we have had more than 10 cases / 100,000 people. In this last week we have had a total of 482 cases (408 residents, 74 non residents)- almost 30% of all the cases we have had have happened in the last week. 1/ Remember these cases reflect what happened over a week ago.

Remember we flattened the curve before. We can do it again. What did you do then? Can you do it again!?! 2/

30 people in Alaska reported to DHSS with a new diagnosis of COVID-19. 28 are residents: Anchorage (19), Fairbanks (3), North Pole (2), Kenai (1), Seward (1), Sterling (1) and Wasilla (1). The total number of Alaska cases is now 1,166. 1/ Two new nonresidents were also identified in: City and Borough of Juneau: 1 unknown industry and 1 unknown location and industry. The total number of nonresident cases is now 237. 2/

Notice: possible COVID exposures. Please check to see if you may have been exposed. Unfortunately, the Anchorage Health Department and our team are having a hard time keeping up with the number of cases and a large number of contacts with each case. 1/ We used to be able to contact almost all close contacts to known COVID patients - that is where someone was within 6 feet someone with COVID during their infectious period of 15 min or more, usually without both being masked. 2/

Today we have 55 people in Alaska newly diagnosed with COVID and reported to DHSS. 48 are residents: Anchorage (32), Wasilla (4), Fairbanks (4), Willow (2), and one in Bethel Census Area, Bristol Bay/Lake & Peninsula boroughs combined, Palmer, Petersburg, Soldotna, and YK. 1/ Seven new nonresident in: Fairbanks North Star Borough: 2 unknown industry, Valdez-Cordova Census Area: 2 seafood industry , Municipality of Anchorage: 1 seafood industry and 1 unknown industry • Juneau City and Borough: 1 unknown industry. 2/

1/ I was young when my mom, an OB-Gyn, talked to me about her sadness, seeing all these beautiful perfect children she helped guide into the world, yet seeing them side by side in their bassinet at the hospital and knowing, just because of the concentration of… 2/ melanin in their skin and how people would perceive them, that some would already have a much harder road ahead.

As I grew, I was often unaware of my own white privilege. I struggled with my own battles, not aware of the tail wind pushing me ahead in life, compared to my

“Open” never meant “over” and our numbers show that. 27 new new AK cases today - highest day for #Alaska since the beginning of this pandemic in our state. No new hospitalizations deaths or recovered cases. Total resident count- 460. Total Non resident count- 21 Many of the Anchorage cases are a part of an investigation into a case in a transitional care center. 10 of Anchorage’s 11 cases today are a part of that cluster- representing both residents and staff.