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 secondary transmission. All seven cases in the private event cluster have recovered. The new case today is associated with the small party cluster, bringing the total number of cases to eight with one recovered.

Cumulatively, Juneau has had 1,317 residents test positive for COVID-19 and 158 nonresidents. There are 15 active cases in Juneau and 1,455 individuals have recovered. All individuals with active cases of COVID-19 are in isolation.

Statewide, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services reports 82 new people identified with COVID-19 – 81 are residents and one is a nonresident. Alaska has had 66,574 cumulative resident cases of COVID-19 and a total of 2,777 nonresidents.