CBJ reports one new COVID-19 case in Juneau

The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting one new resident identified with COVID-19 in Juneau. Public Health attributes the case to out-of-state travel. The cluster associated with a private event remains at seven cases, now with six recovered. The cluster associated with a small party is still at seven active cases.

Cumulatively, Juneau has had 1,316 residents test positive for COVID-19 and 158 nonresidents. There are 19 active cases in Juneau and 1,450 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 (DHSS) reports 84 new people identified with COVID-19 – 83 are residents and one is nonresidents. The state also reports two deaths – a male Fairbanks resident in his 70s and a male Fairbanks resident in his 80s – bringing the total number of resident deaths to 347. Alaska has had 66,491 cumulative resident cases of COVID-19 and a total of 2,776 nonresidents.