CBJ reports one new COVID-19 case in Juneau

The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting one new Juneau resident with COVID-19. Public Health is attributing the case to community spread, which means no source case was able to be identified. Two other recent resident cases that were under investigation are being attributed to community spread.

Cumulatively, Juneau has had 156 residents test positive for COVID-19 since March and 94 nonresidents. Combined, there are 44 active cases in Juneau and 205 individuals have recovered. All individuals with active cases of COVID-19 are in isolation. There is currently one person with COVID-19 hospitalized at Bartlett Regional Hospital.

Statewide, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services reports 73 new people with COVID-19 – 70 are residents and three are nonresidents. Alaska has had 4,588 cumulative resident cases of COVID-19 and a total of 815 nonresidents.

CBJ will not be issuing any case count updates next week due to staff on leave. For daily updates on case counts and other details on COVID-19 in Juneau, go to CBJ’s COVID-19 dashboard and read the daily updates from the Emergency Operations Center.