Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines, including boosters, are available at the Juneau Public Health Center every Thursday, noon to 4 pm, for the rest of the month – October 14, October 21, and October 28. Registration is required at juneau.org/vaccine or call 586-6000.

Anyone 12 years of age or older is currently eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

COVID-19 Vaccine booster shots are available to individuals who completed their initial Pfizer series at least 6 months ago and are:

• 65 years and older
• Age 18+ who live in long-term care settings
• Age 18+ who have underlying medical conditions, including asthma, diabetes, substance use disorder, being overweight, being a current or former smoker, etc.
• Age 18+ who work in high-risk settings, like first responders (e.g., healthcare workers, firefighters, police, congregate care staff); education staff (e.g., teachers, support staff, daycare workers); food and agriculture workers; manufacturing workers; corrections workers; U.S. Postal Service workers; public transit workers; grocery store workers
• Age 18+ who live in high-risk settings, like correctional facilities or shelters

For more information, call CBJ’s COVID-19 Hotline at 907-586-6000 or Juneau Public Health at 907-465-3353.

The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) reports 33 new individuals in the Juneau community – 32 residents and one nonresident – identified with COVID-19 for October 12. According to Juneau Public Health, there are about 165 active cases and three current clusters in Juneau – one associated with a sports team, one associated with a church, and one associated with a childcare. There are currently two people with COVID-19 hospitalized at Bartlett Regional Hospital.

The Juneau School District reports six new individuals who’ve tested positive for COVID-19 and were infectious while in school:

• one at Floyd Dryden Middle School (no classes quarantined as a result)
• one at Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School (no classes quarantined as a result)
• three at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé (no classes quarantined as a result)
• one at Riverbend Elementary (most of one class quarantined as a result)

Please note: As more elementary students recover from COVID-19, they do not have to quarantine if they are identified as a close contact. This is in line with Public Health guidance and applies to individuals who have had COVID-19 within 90 days. That means, each time an elementary classroom has a reported positive case, not all of the students have to stay home. Additionally, in some classrooms, there is less mixing and it is easier to clearly identify close contacts. COVID-19 cases related to schools are posted on juneauschools.org (click on the green “COVID-19 Cases” block).

Juneau Public Health reports these generalized case trends for the past week:

• the age range of positive cases is from 1 to 80 years old
• of the active cases, approximately 46 are under age 12; 57 under age 18
• we continue to see entire families test positive in quick succession

Statewide, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services reports 475 new people identified with COVID-19 – 464 are residents and 11 are nonresidents. The state also reports 16 recent deaths, bringing the total number of resident deaths to 590:

• a male Anchorage resident in his 70s
• a female Anchorage resident in her 50s
• a male Anchorage resident in his 20s
• a male Anchorage resident in his 50s
• a male Kenai resident in his 60s
• a male Anchorage resident in his 60s
• a male Kenai resident in his 50s
• a male Anchorage resident in his 60s
• a female Anchorage resident in her 30s
• a male Anchorage resident in his 50s
• a male Anchorage resident in his 40s
• a male Anchorage resident in his 80s
• a male Fairbanks resident in his 40s
• a female Cordova resident in her 60s
• a male Fairbanks resident in his 60s
• a male Fairbanks resident in his 60s

Alaska has had 119,546 cumulative resident cases of COVID-19 and a total of 5,033 nonresidents.

Juneau vaccine update:

• 72.5 percent of the total population of Juneau has received at least 1 dose of vaccine and 68.2 percent has completed the vaccine series.
• 94.2 percent of the population in Juneau age 65+ has received at least one dose of vaccine and 90.8 percent has completed the vaccine series.

For more information, read CBJ’s Emergency Operations Center Reports here.