The Alaska Psychiatric Institute is working closely with the Alaska Division of Public Health on COVID-19 cases. Upon further investigation, two of the four patients identified on Oct. 23 as positive were determined to be previously known cases of COVID-19 and are not active cases. The third patient was incorrectly identified as a positive case. As of […]
DHSS today announced one new death and 353 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 350 are residents in: Anchorage (168), Wasilla (55), Fairbanks (23), Palmer (18), Kenai (13), Soldotna (11), North Pole (9), Eagle River (7), Juneau (6), Dillingham Census Area (5), Kotzebue (5), Bethel Census Area (4), Bethel (3), Nikiski (3), Tok (3), Kenai Peninsula Borough North (2), […]
Committee chairs call for immediate response from State to protect lives and health of Alaskans ANCHORAGE – The State of Alaska is experiencing incredibly high rates of COVID-19 transmission, with daily records for new cases set multiple times last week and the availability of adult ICU beds now dangerously low. Public health officials have […]
AMYA is taking steps to isolate sick and treat cadets with symptoms JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Alaska Military Youth Academy (AMYA) has detected COVID-19 among cadets on their campus. Measures are being taken to provide medical care to those with symptoms, isolate sick and potentially sick cadets from healthy staff and students, […]