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CBJ reports 24 new COVID-19 cases in Juneau July 17-19

July 19, 2021 – News

The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center reports 24 new individuals – 22 residents and two nonresidents – identified with COVID-19 in Juneau for July 17-19. Of the resident cases, Public Health attributes five to community spread, 10 to secondary transmission, one to out-of-state travel, and six are under investigation. Both of the nonresident cases are in the tourism industry. The cluster associated with the American Cruise Line ship Constellation remains at 16 – nine have recovered, and seven active are isolating in Juneau.

Cumulatively, Juneau has had 1,429 residents test positive for COVID-19 and 186 nonresidents. There are 47 active cases in Juneau and 1,563 individuals have recovered. All individuals with active cases of COVID-19 are in isolation.

Statewide, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services reports 456 new people identified with COVID-19 in the past three days – 436 are residents and 20 are nonresidents. Alaska has had 69,891 cumulative resident cases of COVID-19 and a total of 3,008 nonresidents.