Spokesperson Sarah Gallagher said in an email that because many staff members receive vaccinations in the community, they’re not able to track the total number.
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COVID-19 outbreak at Bethel jail winding down after infecting nearly all inmates
On Dec. 21, Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation Chief of Staff Dr. Ellen Hodges said that over 80% of the correctional center’s inmates had tested positive for COVID-19.
More COVID-19 cases at Goose Creek as outbreaks climb in Alaska prisons
At Goose Creek Correctional Center outside of Wasilla, nearly 800 inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 out of an inmate population of about 1,300.
Large COVID-19 outbreak at Bethel jail
As of Dec. 3, 46 inmates out of 207 at the Bethel jail had active cases of COVID-19.
Goose Creek Correctional Center reports 27 COVID-19 cases
The Department of Corrections said they don’t know the source of the outbreak.
5 Bethel courthouse, jail employees test positive for coronavirus
Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation announced 15 cases last week, the biggest spike in positive cases since the pandemic began.
Person jailed briefly at Lemon Creek Correctional Center tests positive for COVID-19
City officials say the individual was isolated from the time they arrived at the facility until they were released on Wednesday. They have since been ordered to isolate away from others.
Lemon Creek Correctional Center begins another round of COVID-19 testing
The facility’s most recent case was discovered after the state Department of Corrections tested 73 staff and 168 inmates two weeks ago.
State begins testing everyone at Lemon Creek Correctional Center for COVID-19
This comes after two more staff members tested positive for the disease this week, more than a month after the first case was detected at the facility. So far, 10 staff members at the facility have contracted the virus.
10 staff members at Lemon Creek Correctional Center have tested positive for COVID-19
The Department of Corrections did not announce the three most recent cases among staff at the facility.