30 new COVID-19 cases reported for Juneau

The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services reports 30 new Juneau residents identified with COVID-19 for September 29. There are currently six people with COVID-19 hospitalized at Bartlett Regional Hospital.

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

• Two at Sitʼ Eeti Shaanáx̱ – Glacier Valley School (two classes quarantined as a result); reported late afternoon September 28
• Two at Thunder Mountain High School (no classes quarantined as a result)
• Three at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé (no classes quarantined as a result)
• One at Mendenhall River Community School (one class 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 1,009 new people identified with COVID-19 – 976 are residents and 33 are nonresidents. The state also reports four recent deaths bringing the total number of resident deaths to 546:

• a female Anchorage resident in her 70s
• a male Anchorage resident in his 40s
• a male Anchorage resident in his 40s
• a female Anchorage resident in her 60s

Alaska has had 108,608 cumulative resident cases of COVID-19 and a total of 4,784 nonresidents.