Alaska reports death of Anchorage resident with COVID-19, 87 new cases
Alaska reported the 28th death of a resident with the coronavirus on Saturday and 87 new cases involving residents and nonresidents.
The person who died was from Anchorage, state data showed.
The number of people hospitalized with confirmed cases of the illness ticked up to 36 on Saturday from 33 on Friday, according to the state’s coronavirus database. As of Saturday, 2,924 cases among residents are considered to be active out of the 4,156 confirmed since the start of the pandemic. Among nonresidents, 618 of 798 cases are still considered active, state data showed.
The newly reported cases included 36 involving Anchorage residents and one involving someone from Eagle River. In the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, there were six cases among people from Wasilla and one involving a Big Lake resident.
On the Kenai Peninsula, one Homer resident and two Soldotna residents also tested positive.
The state reported 17 new cases among Fairbanks residents plus one involving someone from North Pole. Two residents of the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area and one resident of Delta Junction tested positive as well, data showed.
In Bethel, state data showed six new cases among residents and one in a nonresident. KYUK reported Friday that two Bethel courthouse employees and three Yukon Kuskokwim Correctional Center staff members tested positive for COVID-19.
Elsewhere, Juneau saw six new cases among residents while two people from Sitka also tested positive. Additionally, the state reported one case each among residents of Utqiagvik, Douglas, Ketchikan, a smaller community in the Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area and the combined Yakutat and Hoonah-Angoon region.
The new cases come a day after the state reported 107 new cases of COVID-19, including 80 cases for the Municipality of Anchorage, which local health officials attributed in part to a lag in reporting data.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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