January 20, 2021 ANCHORAGE – Alaska now counts more people who have been vaccinated with their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and reported into VacTrAK – the state’s immunization tracking system – than residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 whose cases have been entered into the state’s data dashboard. Alaska is also currently ranked […]
DHSS today announced 24 deaths of Alaska residents and 167 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 157 were residents in: Anchorage (49), Wasilla (22), Fairbanks (20), Kusilvak Census Area (11), Palmer (8), Eagle River (6), North Pole (6), Bethel Census Area (4), Soldotna (4), Homer (3), Kodiak (3), North Slope Borough (3), Southeast Fairbanks Census Area […]
DHSS today announced one Alaska resident death and 130 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 125 were residents in: Anchorage (29), Wasilla (21), Bethel Census Area (14), Kusilvak Census Area (14), Bethel (12), Kodiak (5), Northwest Arctic Borough (5), Fairbanks (3), Palmer (3), Willow (3), Knik-Fairview (2), North Pole (2), Unalaska (2), Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (2), and one each in Big Lake, Chugiak, Homer, Kenai, […]
DHSS today announced 153 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 149 were residents in: Anchorage (49), Bethel Census Area (12), Northwest Arctic Borough (12), Wasilla (12), Fairbanks (10), Kusilvak Census Area (10), Kodiak (5), Soldotna (5), Kenai (4), Bethel (3), North Pole (3), Utqiaġvik (3), Eagle River (2), Homer (2), Juneau (2), North Slope Borough (2), Willow (2) and one each in Bristol Bay and […]
DHSS today announced 271 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 265 were residents in: Anchorage (55), Bethel Census Area (43), Fairbanks (29), Unalaska (24), Kusilvak Census Area (19), Wasilla (18), Bethel (8), Palmer (8), North Pole (6), Utqiaġvik (6), Bristol Bay/ Lake and Peninsula (5), Eagle River (5), Dillingham Census Area (4), Northwest Arctic Borough (4), Chugiak (3), Cordova (3), Kodiak (3), […]
States “thought they were getting more doses and they planned for more doses and opened up to 65 and up, thinking they were getting more.” Earlier this week, the White House said the federal government would soon release coronavirus vaccine doses stored for second shots, but governors expecting increased shipments discovered Friday that no national stockpile exists, […]
DHSS today announced one death of an Alaska resident and 305 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 296 were residents in: Anchorage (63), Wasilla (36), Fairbanks (30), Eagle River (20), Bethel Census Area (16), North Slope Borough (15), Northwest Arctic Borough (13), Palmer (13), Bethel (11), Kusilvak Census Area (11), North Pole (11), Cordova (6), Fairbanks […]
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a coronavirus response plan Thursday evening, emphasizing the urgency of passing legislation to help Americans through the pandemic and the economic crisis it has wrought. “During this pandemic, millions of Americans, through no fault of their own, have lost the dignity and respect that comes with a paycheck,” Biden said […]
DHSS today announced two deaths and 341 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 333 were residents in: Anchorage (110), Fairbanks (42), Wasilla (28), Palmer (23), North Slope Borough (21), Bethel (12), Bethel Census Area (12), Eagle River (12), Kusilvak Census Area (9), North Pole (7), Juneau (6), Soldotna (5), Chugiak (3), Fairbanks North Star Borough (3), Kodiak […]