24 new COVID-19 cases reported for Juneau
The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services reports 24 new Juneau residents identified with COVID-19 for September 28. There are currently seven people with COVID-19 hospitalized at Bartlett Regional Hospital.
The Juneau School District reports two new individuals who’ve tested positive for COVID-19 and were infectious while in school:
- One at Thunder Mountain High School (no classes quarantined as a result)
- One at Floyd Dryden Middle School (no classes quarantined as a result)
COVID-19 cases related to schools are posted on juneauschools.org (click on the green “COVID-19 Cases” block).
Statewide, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services reports 726 new people identified with COVID-19 – 694 are residents and 32 are nonresidents. The state also reports 10 recent deaths bringing the total number of resident deaths to 542:
- a female Southeast Fairbanks resident in her 50s
- a female Anchorage resident in her 70s
- a female Kenai resident in her 60s
- a male Anchorage resident in his 50s
- a male Anchorage resident in his 50s
- a female Anchorage resident in her 40s
- a female Anchorage resident in her 50s
- a female Anchorage resident in her 80s
- a female Anchorage resident in her 70s
- a male Anchorage resident in his 50s
Alaska has had 107,640 cumulative resident cases of COVID-19 and a total of 4,751 nonresidents.
Juneau vaccine update:
- 73.1 percent of the total population of Juneau has received at least 1 dose of vaccine and 70.0 percent has completed the vaccine series.
- 94.1 percent of the population in Juneau age 65+ has received at least one dose of vaccine and 93.2 percent has completed the vaccine series.
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