12 new COVID-19 cases reported for Juneau

The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) reports 12 new Juneau residents identified with COVID-19 for October 7. There are currently three people with COVID-19 hospitalized at Bartlett Regional Hospital.

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

• One at Riverbend Elementary (one class quarantined as a result)
• Two at Juneau Community Charter School (no classed quarantined as a result)
• Two at Mendenhall River Community School (two classes quarantined as a result)
• One at Montessori Borealis (one class quarantined as a result)
• One at Floyd Dryden Middle School (no classed quarantined as a result)

COVID-19 cases related to schools are posted on juneauschools.org (click on the green “COVID-19 Cases” block).

Statewide, DHSS reports 863 new people identified with COVID-19 – 842 are residents and 21 are nonresidents. The state also reports five recent deaths bringing the total number of resident deaths to 569:

• a male Anchorage resident in his 80s
• a female Anchorage resident in her 40s
• a female Chugach Census Area resident in her 60s
• a male Soldotna resident in his 50s
• a male Soldotna resident in his 70s

Alaska has had 115,543 cumulative resident cases of COVID-19 and a total of 4,971 nonresidents.