OVERVIEW – 996 new cases | 2 deaths | 52 hospitalizations | Statewide alert level: high | 57.4% of Alaskans 5+ vaccinated
Note: Protective measures against the Omicron variant remain the same as for the other COVID variants. Layering protective measures, including masking, handwashing, physical distancing, and testing help to reduce transmission of the COVID-19 virus. Using a self-test before and after travel and large gatherings is advised. The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) encourages Alaskans to talk with a healthcare provider or call 646-3322 about getting the COVID-19 vaccine to reduce the severity of illness if they haven’t already done so and to get boosted if eligible.
To check variant data for Alaska, please check the Alaska Coronavirus Variants Dashboard at akvariants.github.io.
TAKE ACTION – Choosing to get vaccinated is the single most important action you can take to protect yourself and your community and to keep our economy strong. Learn more about the vaccines at covidvax.alaska.gov and the CDC’s recommendations for fully vaccinated people at cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated.html. Vaccine is now available for ages 5 and older. The rates listed below reflect the percentage of Alaskans age 5 and older reported as vaccinated.
VACCINATIONS – 62.7% of Alaskans age 5 and older have received at least their first vaccine dose.
57.4% of Alaskans 5 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 ages 5 and older by region:
- Juneau Region: 77.6%
- YK-Delta Region: 73.4%
- Other Southeast Region – Northern: 72.4%
- Southwest Region: 67.6%
- Other Southeast Region – Southern: 64.7%
- Anchorage Region: 61.9%
- Northwest Region: 59.2%
- Other Interior Region: 57.3%
- Fairbanks North Star Borough: 49.5%
- Kenai Peninsula Region: 47.8%
- Matanuska-Susitna Region: 40.5%
CASES – DHSS today announced two deaths of Alaska residents, no nonresident deaths and 996 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska.
944 were residents of: Anchorage (463), Greater Wasilla Area (90), Juneau (75), Fairbanks (59), Eagle River (26), Greater Palmer Area (26), Ketchikan (24), Kodiak (23), Haines (12), North Pole (12), Bethel (9), Bethel Census Area (8 in 6 communities), Homer (8), Kenai (8), Chugiak (7), Girdwood (7), Hoonah-Angoon and Yakutat combined (3), Hooper Bay (3), Nome (3), Northwest Arctic Borough (3 in 3 communities), Petersburg (3), Seward (3), Anchor Point (2), Cordova (2), Houston/Big Lake Area (2), Kusilvak Census Area (2), Mat-Su Borough (2), and one each in Aleutians East Borough, Denali Borough, Dillingham Census Area, Kenai Peninsula Borough- North, Kenai Peninsula Borough- South, Kotzebue, Metlakatla, Nome Census Area, and Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area.
52 nonresident cases were identified in:
- Anchorage: 25 with purpose under investigation
- Wasilla: 11 with purpose under investigation
- Fairbanks: 4 with purpose under investigation
- Juneau: 4 with purpose under investigation
- Prudhoe Bay: 2 with purpose oil industry
- Kodiak: 2 with purpose under investigation
- Northwest Arctic Borough: 1 with purpose mining
- Homer: 1 with purpose under investigation
- Location under investigation: 2 with purpose under investigation
Four resident cases were subtracted from the state’s overall total due to data verification procedures, bringing the total number of Alaska resident cases to 151,583 and the total number of nonresident cases to 5,586.
HOSPITALIZATIONS & DEATHS – There have been a total of 3,251 resident hospitalizations and 947 resident deaths. Two new resident hospitalizations and two Alaska resident deaths were reported. Please see this webpage for more information on the process used to report COVID-19 deaths: dhss.alaska.gov/dph/epi/id/pages/covid-19/deathcounts.aspx.
The Alaska residents who died were:
- A female resident of Anchorage in her 50s
- A male resident of Anchorage in his 60s
Our thoughts are with their family and loved ones.
There are currently 52 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 who are hospitalized and three additional patients who are considered persons under investigation (PUI) for a total of 55 current COVID-related hospitalizations. Ten of these patients are on ventilators. The percentage of patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 is 4.8%.
TESTING – A total of 3,685,702 tests have been conducted, with 20,140 tests conducted in the previous seven days. The average percentage of daily positive tests for the previous seven days is 7.58%.
ALERT LEVELS – The current statewide alert level – based on the reported number of cases per 100,000 people over the past 7 days – is high (red) at 237.8. For boroughs and census areas: 22 areas are at the high alert level (>100 cases), 6 areas are at the substantial alert level (50-99.99), no areas are at the moderate alert level (10-49.99) and no areas is at the low alert level (0-9.99).
Find alert levels for individual boroughs and census areas using the alert levels map on the cases dashboard at www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/ddd52524412b41b690b82b5618735f9e.
