The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) reports 36 new individuals in the Juneau community – 34 residents and two nonresidents – identified with COVID-19 for November 19. Thirty of these cases are from November 9-16 and were not previously reported by the state due to a DHSS technical issue. There are currently two people with COVID-19 hospitalized at Bartlett Regional Hospital.

The Juneau School District reports one new individual at Auke Bay Elementary School who’s tested positive for COVID-19 and was infectious while in school. COVID-19 cases related to schools are posted on juneauschools.org (click on the green “COVID-19 Cases” block). Please note: Entire classrooms are no longer being quarantined. Instead, the availability of at-home, rapid antigen COVID-19 tests now provides unvaccinated close contacts with two options: test daily to stay in school or quarantine. See details on the district’s antigen testing protocol here.

Statewide, DHSS reports 526 new people identified with COVID-19 – 517 are residents and nine are nonresidents. DHSS also reports 20 additional deaths discovered through death certificate review – one occurred in April, two in August, five in September, and 12 in October – bringing to the total number of resident deaths to 832.

Alaska has had 142,717 cumulative resident cases of COVID-19 and a total of 5,366 nonresidents.

The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) reports two new residents in the Juneau community identified with COVID-19 for November 18. The state is expected to catch up on the Juneau cases it did not report – due to a DHSS technical issue – in its COVID-19 data summary tomorrow or Monday. There are currently two people with COVID-19 hospitalized at Bartlett Regional Hospital.

Statewide, DHSS reports 445 new people identified with COVID-19 – 442 are residents and three are nonresidents. Alaska has had 142,203 cumulative resident cases of COVID-19 and a total of 5,357 nonresidents.

In its COVID-19 data summary, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) is not reporting any new COVID-19 cases for Juneau for November 17. While case numbers have been declining in recent weeks, there’s been a technical issue in DHSS receiving lab results from Bartlett Regional Hospital. According to Juneau Public Health, the issue has contributed to about 30 unreported cases between November 9 and November 16. During this timeframe, Juneau Public Health received BRH molecular lab results. However, the DHSS technical issue temporarily affected how it received that data from BRH.

BRH’s lab processes tests from the City and Borough of Juneau’s Drive-Thru testing facility and tests done at BRH. The City and Borough of Juneau anticipates the issue resolving in the near future and DHSS including the unreported cases in future data summaries. Even with the unreported cases, Juneau has still been seeing a sustained decline in case rate and test positivity.

There are currently three people with COVID-19 hospitalized at Bartlett Regional Hospital. No one from the Juneau School District has tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday.

Statewide, DHSS reports 427 new people identified with COVID-19 – 423 are residents and four are nonresidents. The state also reports two additional deaths bringing the total number of resident deaths to 812:

• Female Fairbanks resident in her 60s
• Male Wasilla resident in his 40s

Alaska has had 141,686 cumulative resident cases of COVID-19 and a total of 5,354 nonresidents.