News of the state’s jump in new cases comes a day after the U.S. announced a record high 83,757 new cases in one day. That’s according to data from John Hopkins University.
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Live updates and information on COVID-19 in Juneau and Alaska
After COVID-19 outbreak, the only state-run psychiatric facility in Alaska isn’t taking new patients
Eight people connected with the psychiatric facility, 3 staff and 5 patients, have tested positive for COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.
Staff member tests positive at nursing home in Juneau
According to a letter sent to residents’ families this week, all the people tested for COVID-19 received negative results and no one has shown symptoms of the virus.
Why is there a sudden burst of COVID-19 cases in Chevak?
In the past week, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation has announced over 140 new cases of COVID-19 in Chevak.
Bethel police arrest man positive for COVID-19 for violating self-isolation
For the first time during the coronavirus pandemic, Bethel police arrested a person who tested positive for COVID-19 positive for being out in public. Police were enforcing a state order.
As the pandemic drags on, unemployed Alaskans are still waiting for more help
In the leisure and hospitality industry, there were about 13,000 fewer jobs this September than at the same time last year.
This Anchorage mom is trying to keep up with her kids’ online learning and keep a business afloat
Superintendent Deena Bishop worries that, as online school continues, “the gap is just widening between the haves and the have nots.”
Skagway man with COVID-19 shares name with public to improve contact tracing
Mike O’Daniel and his family went into quarantine immediately after he learned he tested positive for COVID-19.
Due to national shortage, health workers in Western Alaska are forced to reuse gloves
YKHC president and CEO Dan Winkelman said the health corporation has been rationing gloves and other supplies, like N-95 masks, since February.
Some Alaskans are refusing to quarantine because they won’t get paid if they don’t work
That, coupled with people who are refusing to cooperate with contact tracers is racing concern among state and local public health leaders.