CBJ reports two new COVID-19 cases in Juneau

The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting two new residents with COVID-19 in Juneau. How the individuals acquired the virus is under investigation.

Cumulatively, Juneau has had 734 residents test positive for COVID-19 since March and 112 nonresidents. There are 56 active cases in Juneau and 786 individuals have recovered. All individuals with active cases of COVID-19 are in isolation. There are currently three people with COVID-19 hospitalized at Bartlett Regional Hospital.

Statewide, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services today reports 583 new people with COVID-19 – 578 are residents and five are nonresidents. The state reported 13 new deaths – five that occurred this past week and eight that occurred in the past few weeks – bringing the total number of resident deaths to 115. Alaska has had 27,669 cumulative resident cases of COVID-19 and a total of 1,194 nonresidents.

For more details on COVID-19 in Juneau, watch today’s COVID-19 Community Update at 4 p.m. Join on Zoom https://juneau.zoom.us/j/98563085159, call 1-346-248-7799 or 1-669-900-6833 or 1-253-215-8782 with webinar ID 985 6308 5159, or watch on Facebook Live. Questions from the media will be answered live. Questions from the public can be emailed to [email protected].