State reports 33 new COVID-19 cases for Juneau & 16 recent deaths statewide
The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) reports 33 new individuals in the Juneau community – 32 residents and one nonresident – identified with COVID-19 for October 12. According to Juneau Public Health, there are about 165 active cases and three current clusters in Juneau – one associated with a sports team, one associated with a church, and one associated with a childcare. There are currently two people with COVID-19 hospitalized at Bartlett Regional Hospital.
The Juneau School District reports six new individuals who’ve tested positive for COVID-19 and were infectious while in school:
- one at Floyd Dryden Middle School (no classes quarantined as a result)
- one at Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School (no classes quarantined as a result)
- three at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé (no classes quarantined as a result)
- one at Riverbend Elementary (most of one class quarantined as a result)
Please note: As more elementary students recover from COVID-19, they do not have to quarantine if they are identified as a close contact. This is in line with Public Health guidance and applies to individuals who have had COVID-19 within 90 days. That means, each time an elementary classroom has a reported positive case, not all of the students have to stay home. Additionally, in some classrooms, there is less mixing and it is easier to clearly identify close contacts. COVID-19 cases related to schools are posted on juneauschools.org (click on the green “COVID-19 Cases” block).
Juneau Public Health reports these generalized case trends for the past week:
- the age range of positive cases is from 1 to 80 years old
- of the active cases, approximately 46 are under age 12; 57 under age 18
- we continue to see entire families test positive in quick succession
Statewide, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services reports 475 new people identified with COVID-19 – 464 are residents and 11 are nonresidents. The state also reports 16 recent deaths, bringing the total number of resident deaths to 590:
- a male Anchorage resident in his 70s
- a female Anchorage resident in her 50s
- a male Anchorage resident in his 20s
- a male Anchorage resident in his 50s
- a male Kenai resident in his 60s
- a male Anchorage resident in his 60s
- a male Kenai resident in his 50s
- a male Anchorage resident in his 60s
- a female Anchorage resident in her 30s
- a male Anchorage resident in his 50s
- a male Anchorage resident in his 40s
- a male Anchorage resident in his 80s
- a male Fairbanks resident in his 40s
- a female Cordova resident in her 60s
- a male Fairbanks resident in his 60s
- a male Fairbanks resident in his 60s
Alaska has had 119,546 cumulative resident cases of COVID-19 and a total of 5,033 nonresidents.
Juneau vaccine update:
- 72.5 percent of the total population of Juneau has received at least 1 dose of vaccine and 68.2 percent has completed the vaccine series.
- 94.2 percent of the population in Juneau age 65+ has received at least one dose of vaccine and 90.8 percent has completed the vaccine series.
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