ANCHORAGE – Alaska received its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine Sunday night via UPS plane. Delivery and transport of the vaccine to health care facilities across Alaska began Monday and will continue through Wednesday, leading to the first vaccinations of Alaskans this week. “The COVID-19 vaccine is going to help Alaskans put the worst behind […]
The United States surpassed 300,000 recorded deaths from COVID-19 Monday — the same day the first American was vaccinated against the coronavirus that causes the disease. The grim number comes about two weeks after millions of Americans defied warnings to avoid travel and gathered with family members for the Thanksgiving holiday. According to the […]
DHSS today announced 427 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 420 were residents in: Anchorage (194), Fairbanks (62), Utqiaġvik (19), Kusilvak Census Area (16), North Pole (15), Bethel (14), Kodiak (10), Palmer (10), Eagle River (9), Wasilla (7), Chugiak (6), Fairbanks North Star Borough (6), Bethel Census Area (5), Delta Junction (4), Kenai (4), Homer (3), Juneau (3), North Slope Borough (3), Soldotna (3), SE Fairbanks Census Area (3), Nome (2), Seward (2), Sitka (2), Tok […]
DHSS today announced 649 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 640 were residents in: Anchorage (269), Wasilla (75), Kodiak (34), Fairbanks (33), Palmer (33), Bethel (22), Kusilvak Census Area (20), Soldotna (20), Eagle River (18), Utqiaġvik (13), Chugiak (11), Kenai (9), North Pole (9), Juneau (8), Homer (6), Bethel Census Area (5), Sitka (5), Fairbanks North Star Borough (4), Kenai Peninsula South (4), North Slope Borough […]