State reports 25 new COVID-19 cases for Juneau

The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) reports 25 new residents within the Juneau community identified with COVID-19 for October 14. There is currently no one with COVID-19 hospitalized at Bartlett Regional Hospital.

The Juneau School District reports two new individuals who’ve tested positive for COVID-19 and were infectious while in school:

• one at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé  (no classes quarantined as a result)
• one at Sitʼ Eeti Shaanáx̱ – Glacier Valley School (close contacts in one class quarantined as a result)

COVID-19 cases related to schools are posted on juneauschools.org (click on the green “COVID-19 Cases” block).

Statewide, DHSS reports 986 new people identified with COVID-19 – 964 are residents and 22 are nonresidents. The state also reports two recent deaths – a male Fairbanks resident in his 70s and a male Fairbanks resident in his 50s – bringing the total number of resident deaths to 592. Alaska has had 121,710 cumulative resident cases of COVID-19 and a total of 5,073 nonresidents.