CBJ reports 31 new COVID-19 cases in Juneau Nov. 21-23

The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting 31 new individuals with COVID-19 in Juneau – 29 are residents and two are nonresidents. These cases came in November 21-23. Public Health is attributing 11 of the resident cases to secondary transmission, seven to community spread, two to out-of-state travel, and the rest are under investigation. The nonresident cases are under investigation.

The University of Alaska Southeast cluster is still at eight cases – one is active and seven have recovered. One of the recovered students is no longer in Juneau.

Cumulatively, Juneau has had 732 residents test positive for COVID-19 since March and 112 nonresidents. There are 71 active cases in Juneau and 769 individuals have recovered. All individuals with active cases of COVID-19 are in isolation. There are currently two people with COVID-19 hospitalized at Bartlett Regional Hospital.

Statewide, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services today reports 503 new people with COVID-19 – 501 are residents and two are nonresidents. The state reported two new resident deaths over the weekend – a male Anchorage resident in his 60s and a female Anchorage resident in her 80s – bringing the total number of deaths, resident and nonresident, to 103. Alaska has had 27,085 cumulative resident cases of COVID-19 and a total of 1,188 nonresidents.

For more details on COVID-19 in Juneau, watch tomorrow’s COVID-19 Community Update, November 24 at 4 p.m. Join on Zoom https://juneau.zoom.us/j/98563085159, or call 1-346-248-7799 or 1-669-900-6833 or 1-253-215-8782 with webinar ID 985 6308 5159. Questions from the media will be answered live. Questions from the public can be emailed to [email protected].