DHSS Thursday announced 75 new people with COVID-19 in Alaska. 65 are residents in 15 communities: Anchorage (23), Fairbanks (17), North Pole (6), Soldotna (4), Kenai (3), Valdez-Cordova Census Area (2), Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (2), and one each in Chugiak, Haines, Kotzebue, Nikiski, Kenai Peninsula Borough South, Seward, Sterling and Wasilla.
10 new nonresidents were also identified in:
Fairbanks North Star Borough (5): 1 visitor and 4 under investigation
Municipality of Anchorage: 1 tourism
Kenai Peninsula Borough South: 1 under investigation
Kodiak Island Borough: 1 under investigation
Sitka City and Borough: 1 under investigation
Wrangell City and Borough: 1 under investigation
Three cases previously reported as residents have been corrected to nonresident cases, including two in Ketchikan. One pending case from July 1 was determined to be a nonresident bringing the total number of Alaska cases to 1,693 and the total number of nonresident cases to 339.
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Of the 65 Alaska residents, 35 are male and 30 are female. Ten are under the age of 10; four are aged 10-19; 17 are aged 20-29; 12 are aged 30-39; five are aged 40-49; eight are aged 50-59; five are aged 60-69; two are aged 70-79 and two are aged 80 or older.
There have been a total of 96 hospitalizations and 17 deaths with no new hospitalizations or deaths reported Wednesday.
Recovered cases now total 688 with 19 new recovered cases recorded Wednesday. A total of 163,022 tests have been conducted. The average percentage of daily positive tests for the previous three days is 1.57%.
This report reflects data from 12:00 a.m. until 11:59 p.m. on July 15 that posted at noon Thursday on the Alaska Coronavirus Response Hub.
