COVID-19 DATA SUMMARY – Nov. 8, 2021

OVERVIEW – 1,387 new cases | 53 deaths | 139 hospitalizations | Statewide alert level: high 54 % of Alaskans 5+ vaccinated

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 www.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 – 59% of Alaskans age 5 and older have received at least their first vaccine dose.

54% 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: 73%
Other Southeast Region – Northern: 70%
YK-Delta Region: 66%
Southwest Region: 65%
Anchorage Region: 64.1%
Other Southeast Region – Southern: 62%
Northwest Region: 55%
Other Interior Region: 55%
Fairbanks North Star Borough: 47%
Kenai Peninsula Region: 45%
Matanuska-Susitna Region: 38%

CASES – DHSS today announced 50 deaths of Alaska residents, 3 deaths of nonresidents, and 1,387 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska.

1,370 were residents of: Anchorage (425), Greater Wasilla Area (147), Fairbanks (108), Nome Census Area (79 in 7 communities) , Greater Palmer Area (60), Eagle River (59), North Pole (40), Kotzebue (33), Soldotna (31), Bethel Census Area (25 in 10 communities), Nome (25), Chugiak (24), Juneau (23), NW Arctic Borough (23 in 5 communities), Kenai (22), Homer (21), Ketchikan (21), Kodiak (19), Petersburg (18), Metlakatla (14), Bethel (11), Delta Junction (9), Utqiaġvik (9), Bristol Bay/ Lake and Peninsula Combined (8 in 4 communities), Houston/ Big Lake Area ( 8 ), Anchor Point (7), North Slope Borough (7), Willow (7), Copper River Census Area (6 in 2 communities), Kenai Peninsula Borough- North (6 in 3 communities), Kenai Peninsula Borough- South (6), Valdez (6), Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (6 in 2 communities), Hoonah-Angoon and Yakutat combined (4 in 2 communities), Kusilvak Census Area (4 in 2 communities), Seward (4), Cordova (3), Haines (3), Healy (3), Ketchikan Gateway Borough (3 in 2 communities), Mat-Su Borough (3), Nikiski (3), Sterling (3), Tok (3), Wrangell (3), Aleutians East Borough (2), Fairbanks North Star Borough (2), Kodiak Island Borough (2), Prince Of Wales-Hyder Census Area (2), Sutton-Alpine (2), and one each in Chevak, Craig, Dillingham, Dillingham Census Area, Ester, Sitka, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, and Unalaska.

17 nonresident cases were identified in:

Anchorage: 5 with purposes under investigation
Fairbanks: 4 with purposes under investigation
Ketchikan: 2 with purposes under investigation
Prudhoe Bay: 1 in North Slope oil industry
Wasilla : 1 with purpose under investigation
Palmer: 1 with purpose under investigation
Locations under investigation: 3 with purposes under investigation

31 resident cases and one nonresident case were subtracted from the cases dashboard due to data verification procedures bringing the total number of Alaska resident cases to 138,161 and the total number of nonresident cases to 5,312.

HOSPITALIZATIONS & DEATHS – There have been a total of 2,855 resident hospitalizations and 764 resident deaths. Nineteen new resident hospitalizations, 50 Alaska resident deaths, and three nonresident 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 50 Alaska residents who died were:

Male resident of North Slope Borough age 80+
Male resident of Northwest Arctic Borough in his 70s
Male resident of Northwest Arctic Borough in his 50s died out of state
Female resident of Yukon-Koyukuk in her 70s
Female resident of Yukon-Koyukuk in her 60s
Male resident of North Pole age 80+
Female resident of Fairbanks age 80+
Male resident of Fairbanks in his 60s
Male resident of Fairbanks in his 50s
Male resident of Fairbanks in his 50s
Male resident of Fairbanks in his 40s
Male resident of Fairbanks in his 40s
Female resident of Anchorage age 80+
Female resident of Anchorage age 80+
Male resident of Anchorage age 80+
Male resident of Anchorage age 80+
Female resident of Anchorage age 80+
Male resident of Anchorage age 80+
Male resident of Anchorage in his 70s
Female resident of Anchorage in her 70s
Female resident of Anchorage in her 70s
Male resident of Anchorage in his 60s
Male resident of Anchorage in his 60s
Male resident of Anchorage in his 60s
Male resident of Anchorage in his 60s
Female resident of Anchorage in her 60s-69, died out of state
Male resident of Anchorage in his 50s
Female resident of Anchorage in her 50s
Female resident of Anchorage in her 50s
Male resident of Anchorage in his 50s
Male resident of Anchorage in his 50s
Male resident of Anchorage in his 40s
Male resident of Anchorage in his 30s
Male resident of Anchorage in his 30s
Male resident of Anchorage in his 30s
Female resident of Anchorage in her 20s
Male resident of Wasilla in his 70s
Male resident of Wasilla in his 60s
Male resident of Wasilla in his 50s
Female resident of Wasilla in her 50s
Female resident of Palmer age 80+
Female resident of Palmer age 80+
Male resident of Palmer in his 50s
Male resident of Big Lake in his 60s
Male resident of Sutton-Alpine in his 70s
Female resident of Kenai in her 70s
Male resident of Valdez in his 60s
Female resident of Ketchikan in her 70s
Male resident of Ketchikan in his 50s
Female resident of Unalaska in her 30s