October 25, 2020 ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) today announced 526 new cases of COVID-19 in Alaska – 520 residents and six nonresidents. Following yesterday’s record high case count, this represents another significant escalation of COVID-19 cases in Alaska. As reported yesterday, the increase is due to widespread […]
DHSS today announced 242 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 239 are residents in: Anchorage (143), Wasilla (24), Fairbanks (21), Juneau (6), Kenai (7), Palmer (6), Chugiak (5), Bethel Census Area (4), Eagle River (3), Bethel (2), Chevak (2), Kotzebue (2), Soldotna (2), one each in Big Lake, Douglas, Homer, Kodiak, Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, North Pole, Sterling, Sutton-Alpine and Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area; two cases […]
DHSS today announced one death and 220 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 218 are residents in: Anchorage (99), Fairbanks (17), Utqiaġvik (13), Wasilla (13), North Pole (10), Bethel Census Area (9), Eagle River (8), Juneau (8), Bethel (7), Kodiak (5), Kotzebue (4), Palmer (4), Chugiak (2), Cordova (2), Dillingham Census Area (2), Healy (2), Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area (2), Valdez-Cordova Census Area (2) and one each in Bristol Bay/Lake & Peninsula boroughs, Dillingham, […]
“It’s being presented as if it’s a major alternative view that’s held by large numbers of experts in the scientific community. That is not true.” Public health experts on Tuesday evening into Wednesday raised alarm over reports that the White House has embraced a declaration calling for a “herd immunity” approach to managing the […]