OVERVIEW – 68 new cases | 0 deaths | 16 hospitalizations | Statewide alert level: intermediate | 46% 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. Learn more about the CDC’s recommendations for fully vaccinated people at www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated.html.
VACCINE DASHBOARD CHANGES – Some changes were made this week to the vaccine dashboard. The dashboard now includes vaccination rates for Alaskans 12 years or older, not just 16+. This reflects the recent emergency use authorization of the Pfizer vaccine for anyone 12 years of age or older, which means there are now more Alaskans eligible to be vaccinated. Additional dashboard work has also been done to de-duplicate vaccine data.
VACCINATIONS – 52% of Alaskans age 12 and older have received at least their first vaccine dose.
46% of Alaskans 12 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 12 and older by region:
- Juneau Region: 66%
- Other Southeast Region – Northern: 62%
- YK-Delta Region: 59%
- Other Southeast Region – Southern: 52%
- Southwest Region: 51%
- Northwest Region: 49%
- Anchorage Region: 48%
- Other Interior Region: 48%
- Kenai Peninsula Region: 40%
- Fairbanks North Star Borough: 39%
- Matanuska-Susitna Region: 31%
For more information about vaccines, visit covidvax.alaska.gov.
CASES – DHSS today announced no new deaths of Alaska residents and 68 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 66 were residents in: Anchorage (17), Tok (8), Ketchikan (7), Fairbanks (6), Kodiak (5), Sitka (3), Wasilla (3), Bethel (2), Juneau (2), Unknown (2), Yakutat plus Hoonah-Angoon (2), and one each in Bethel Census Area, Chugach Census Area, Delta Junction, Kenai, North Pole, Palmer, Petersburg, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, and Willow.
Two new nonresident cases were identified:
- Anchorage: one with purpose under investigation
- Prudhoe Bay: 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 67,317 and the total number of nonresident cases to 2,802.
HOSPITALIZATIONS & DEATHS – There have been a total of 1,555 resident hospitalizations and 362 resident deaths, with two new hospitalizations and no new resident deaths reported.
There are currently 16 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 who are hospitalized and two additional patients who are considered persons under investigation (PUI) for a total of 16 current COVID-related hospitalizations. Two of these patients are on ventilators. The percentage of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 is 1.5%.
TESTING – A total of 2,250,450 tests have been conducted, with 23,003 tests conducted in the previous seven days. The average percentage of daily positive tests for the previous seven days is 1.12%.
ALERT LEVELS – The current statewide alert level, based on the average daily case rate over 14 days per 100,000, is intermediate at 7.78 cases per 100,000. Two regions of Alaska are in high alert status with widespread community transmission; six regions are at intermediate alert status with moderate transmission; and three regions are at low alert with minimal transmission.
High (>10 cases/100,000)
- Other Southeast Region – Southern: 54.56 cases per 100,000
- Other Interior Region: 22.75 cases per 100,000
Intermediate (>4.8-10 cases/100,000)
- YK-Delta Region: 8.81 cases per 100,000
- Fairbanks North Star Borough: 7.79 cases per 100,000
- Other Southeast Region – Northern: 7.35 cases per 100,000
- Matanuska-Susitna Region: 7.19 cases per 100,000
- Kenai Peninsula Borough: 5.58 cases per 100,000
- Anchorage Municipality: 5.31 cases per 100,000
Low (0-4.8 cases/100,000)
- Southwest Region: 4.01 cases per 100,000
- Juneau City and Borough: 3.37 cases per 100,000
- Northwest Region: 2.37 cases per 100,000
