CBJ reports three new COVID-19 cases in Juneau

The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting three new residents identified with COVID-19 in Juneau. Public Health is attributing one case to out-of-state travel and two are under investigation.

Cumulatively, Juneau has had 957 residents test positive for COVID-19 since March and 120 nonresidents. There are 43 active cases in Juneau and 1,029 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.

CBJ will not be issuing a case count update tomorrow, January 1. The next update will come out on Monday, January 4.

Statewide, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services today reports 374 new people identified with COVID-19 – 367 are residents and seven are nonresidents. The state also reports three recent deaths – two male Wasilla residents in their 70s and a male Anchorage resident in his 70s – bringing the total number of resident deaths to 205.

Alaska has had 45,461 cumulative resident cases of COVID-19 and a total of 1,525 nonresidents.

For more details on COVID-19 in Juneau, go to CBJ’s COVID-19 dashboard.