State reports 36 new COVID-19 cases for Juneau

The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) reports 36 new individuals in the Juneau community – 34 residents and two nonresidents – identified with COVID-19 for November 19. Thirty of these cases are from November 9-16 and were not previously reported by the state due to a DHSS technical issue. There are currently two people with COVID-19 hospitalized at Bartlett Regional Hospital.

The Juneau School District reports one new individual at Auke Bay Elementary School who’s tested positive for COVID-19 and was infectious while in school. COVID-19 cases related to schools are posted on juneauschools.org (click on the green “COVID-19 Cases” block). Please note: Entire classrooms are no longer being quarantined. Instead, the availability of at-home, rapid antigen COVID-19 tests now provides unvaccinated close contacts with two options: test daily to stay in school or quarantine. See details on the district’s antigen testing protocol here.

Statewide, DHSS reports 526 new people identified with COVID-19 – 517 are residents and nine are nonresidents. DHSS also reports 20 additional deaths discovered through death certificate review – one occurred in April, two in August, five in September, and 12 in October – bringing to the total number of resident deaths to 832.

Alaska has had 142,717 cumulative resident cases of COVID-19 and a total of 5,366 nonresidents.