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CBJ reports three new COVID-19 cases in Juneau

December 4, 2020 – News

The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting three new residents with COVID-19 in Juneau. Public Health is attributing one case to community spread; the other two are under investigation.

Cumulatively, Juneau has had 835 residents test positive for COVID-19 since March and 112 nonresidents. There are 72 active cases in Juneau and 870 individuals have recovered. All individuals with active cases of COVID-19 are in isolation.

Statewide, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services today reports 756 new people with COVID-19 – 744 are residents and 12 are nonresidents. Alaska also reports 12 additional deaths bringing the total number of resident deaths to 141. Three deaths were recent – a female Anchorage resident in her 90s, a female Kodiak resident in her 80s, and a female Kenai resident in her 80s. Nine deaths were identified following death certificate review – a female Kenai resident in her 90s, a female Cordova resident in her 90s, a male Anchorage resident in his 80s, two female Anchorage residents in their 60s, a male Anchorage resident in his 60s who died out of state, a female Utqiaġvik resident in her 60s, a female Wasilla resident in her 60s, and a male Wasilla resident in his 60s.

Alaska has had 34,041 cumulative resident cases of COVID-19 and a total of 1,284 nonresidents.

For more information on COVID-19 in Juneau, go to juneau.org/covid-19.