OVERVIEW – 62 new cases | 2 deaths | 42 hospitalizations | Statewide alert level: high | 46.1% of Alaskans vaccinated
TAKE ACTION – Choosing to get vaccinated is the single most important action you can take to protect yourself and your community and to reopen our economy. Until more people are vaccinated and case rates are lower in Alaska, take precautions including wearing a mask, staying six feet apart from others, and avoiding crowds and poorly ventilated spaces. Learn more at www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated.html.
VACCINATIONS – 51.8% of Alaskans age 16 and older have received at least their first vaccine dose.
46.1% of Alaskans 16 and older have been fully vaccinated. The higher the vaccination rate, the more protected community members are from COVID-19. See below for percentages of all fully vaccinated Alaskans age 16 and older by region:
- Juneau Region: 66.6%
- Other Southeast Region – Northern: 65%
- YK-Delta Region: 61.7
- Northwest Region: 51.4%
- Other Southeast Region – Southern: 50.3%
- Anchorage Region: 49%
- Other Interior Region: 48.2%
- Southwest Region: 47.8%
- Kenai Peninsula Region: 39.9%
- Fairbanks North Star Borough: 38.6
- Matanuska-Susitna Region: 31.4%
For more information about vaccines, visit covidvax.alaska.gov.
Please note, the data team is working to resolve an issue on the vaccine dashboard that results in the percentage gauge and count of Alaskans vaccinated (first dose and fully) displaying slightly inflated data due to duplicate records being included. The data referenced for each census area and borough on the map is accurate.
CASES – DHSS today announced two new deaths of Alaska residents and 62 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 58 were residents in: Anchorage (12), Palmer (9), Wasilla (8), Ketchikan (5), Kenai (4), Anchor Point (2), Bethel Census Area (2), Fairbanks (2), Hooper Bay (2), Kusilvak Census Area (2), and one each in Eagle River, Juneau, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Metlakatla, Nome, North Pole, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Unalaska, Yakutat plus Hoonah-Angoon, and Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area.
Four new nonresident cases were identified in:
- Anchorage: one with purpose under investigation
- Prudhoe Bay: one in North Slope oil industry
- Location under investigation: one with purpose seafood
- Homer: one with purpose under investigation
One resident case was subtracted from the dashboard due to data verification procedures bringing the total number of Alaska resident cases to 66,407 and the total number of nonresident cases to 2,771.
HOSPITALIZATIONS & DEATHS – There have been a total of 1,519 resident hospitalizations and 345 resident deaths, with nine new hospitalizations and two new resident deaths reported. The individuals who died were a Fairbanks male resident in his 50s and a Palmer male resident in his 70s. Our thoughts are with their families and loved ones.
There are currently 40 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 who are hospitalized and two additional patients who are considered a person under investigation (PUI) for a total of 42 current COVID-related hospitalizations. Four of these patients are on ventilators. The percentage of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 is 3.9%.
TESTING – A total of 2,173,168 tests have been conducted, with 26,134 tests conducted in the previous seven days. The average percentage of daily positive tests for the previous seven days is 1.76%.
ALERT LEVELS – The current statewide alert level, based on the average daily case rate over 14 days per 100,000, is high at 14.4 cases per 100,000. Five regions of Alaska are in high alert status with widespread community transmission. Five regions are at intermediate alert status with moderate transmission and one region is at low alert with minimal transmission.
High (>10 cases/100,000)
- Other Southeast Region – Southern: 34.69 cases per 100,000
- Fairbanks North Star Borough: 28.16 cases per 100,000
- Matanuska-Susitna Region: 21.1 cases per 100,000
- Other Interior Region: 11.68 cases per 100,000
- Anchorage Municipality: 10.9 cases per 100,000
Intermediate (>4.8-10 cases/100,000)
- Kenai Peninsula Borough: 9.09 cases per 100,000
- YK-Delta Region: 8.81 cases per 100,000
- Juneau City and Borough: 8.09 cases per 100,000
- Northwest Region: 6.06 cases per 100,000
- Other Southeast Region – Northern: 5.25 cases per 100,000
Low (0-4.8 cases/100,000)
- Southwest Region: 3.48 cases per 100,000
