January 26, 2021 ANCHORAGE – The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) announced today that an Anchorage resident who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection last month was infected with a variant strain of the virus known as B.1.1.7, which was originally detected in September in the United Kingdom. This is the first identification […]
DHSS today announced 84 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 83 were residents in: Anchorage (45), Chugiak (6), Northwest Arctic Borough (6), Eagle River (4), Wasilla (4), Bethel (3), Fairbanks (3), North Pole (3), Sutton-Alpine (2) and one each in Bethel Census Area, Homer, Juneau, Kodiak, Kotzebue, Palmer and Soldotna. One new nonresident case was identified […]
DHSS today announced 251 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 241 were residents in: Anchorage (59), Bethel Census Area (58), Bethel (21), Wasilla (17), Eagle River (13), North Pole (13), Fairbanks (12), Kusilvak Census Area (11), Palmer (10), Juneau (6), Unalaska (3), Dillingham Census Area (2), Hooper Bay (2), Southeast Fairbanks Census Area (2), Valdez-Cordova Census Area – Copper River […]
DHSS today announced 290 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 262 were residents in: Anchorage (102), Fairbanks (26), Wasilla (23), Northwest Arctic Borough (18), Palmer (11), Bethel (9), Bethel Census Area (8), Eagle River (6), Kodiak (6), North Pole (6), Unalaska (5), Dillingham Census Area (4), Fairbanks North Star Borough (3), Kenai (3), Ketchikan (3), Nome […]