More than 200 COVID-19 cases reported Sunday; most are in Alaska residents – Anchorage Daily News

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Original circumstances of COVID-19 reported Sunday throughout Alaska totaled 231, marking the first day the inform has viewed a single-day amplify of higher than 200 circumstances.

The new circumstances consist of 186 Alaskans and 45 non-residents, in preserving with the Department of Neatly being and Social Products and companies. 5 more other folks had been hospitalized with COVID-19. There were no new deaths.

Of the brand new circumstances announced in residents Sunday, there are 154 circumstances in Anchorage, 9 in Fairbanks, three in Eagle River, two every in North Pole, Palmer, Juneau, Wrangell and an inform within the Yakutat plus Hoonah-Angoon inform, and one case every was reported in Chugiak, Homer, the Yukon-Koyukuk inform, Houston, Wasilla, Ketchikan, Prince of Wales-Hyder inform, Sitka and Unalaska.

There were at narrate 35 other folks with COVID-19 who’re hospitalized and one other eight of us that will have faith the virus.

As of Sunday, Alaska had reported 3,102 confirmed circumstances of COVID-19 in Alaska, in preserving with the DHSS coronavirus dashboard. Greater than two-thirds of the circumstances are at narrate filled with life.

Twenty Alaskans have faith died of the virus since the beginning of the pandemic. There were 115 Alaskans hospitalized on account of COVID-19 since March.

In non-residents, 34 circumstances had been reported in Seward, three in Fairbanks and one in Ketchikan. Seven of the circumstances had been marked as “unknown” by DHSS.

As of Sunday, 950 other folks within the inform have faith recovered from the virus since the pandemic began, even though 2,132 COVID-19 circumstances are filled with life.

The City and Borough of Juneau announced forward of the inform that 21 seafood processor staff tested decided for COVID-19 Saturday. In total, 61 Alaska Glacier Seafoods staff have faith tested decided for COVID-19 since July 14. Forty more staff are awaiting test outcomes, the metropolis wrote in a web based commentary.

The virus was spread via the processing plant by an employee who shriveled COVID-19 via neighborhood spread, the metropolis wrote.

The seafood staff are all in isolation and issue to investigations are ongoing, the metropolis stated. The metropolis did one other spherical of trying out on the 100 staff on July 22.

The metropolis also announced 16 other folks tested decided for the virus unrelated to the seafood processing plant Saturday. The circumstances are likely on account of neighborhood spread whisk and secondary transmission, Public Neatly being Nursing in Juneau stated.

“It is a ways paramount that neighborhood members live vigilant in slowing the spread of COVID-19,” stated Mila Cosgrove, emergency operations center incident commander for Juneau. “If you defend now no longer now no longer up to 6 feet away from non-family, build aside on a veil, wash your palms often and defend dwelling if you’re sick, you’re now no longer staunch limiting your have probability, you’re helping to provide protection to the total neighborhood.”

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