The number of active COVID-19 infections among Alaskans now tops 900.
On Monday, the state reported another 60 Alaska residents have tested positive for the virus, plus 11 nonresidents.
One more person has become sick enough to require hospitalization. The state reported no new deaths.
Alaska’s latest COVID-19 case count follows Sunday’s report of more than 100 new infections — a daily record for the state.
State officials have said they expected cases to rise as the economy reopens. But, the Anchorage Health Department is warning that employees tasked with investigating the infections are overwhelmed.
“We are in the middle of a significant COVID-19 case spike,” Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz said in a statement Monday. “Our contact tracing capacity has been overwhelmed, and we must defend our hospital capacity.”
Contact tracing is critical, Berkowtiz said, because it allows the city to track who has the virus so it can better contain it.
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A majority of the new cases reported Monday are tied to Anchorage.
Among Alaskans, the new cases are:
- 28 residents from Anchorage
- 11 from Fairbanks
- 4 from Wasilla
- 3 from Chugiak
- 2 from Eagle River
- 2 from the Bristol Bay and the Lake and Peninsula boroughs
- 1 each from Bethel, the broader Bethel census area, Girdwood, Kenai, Kodiak, the Northwest Arctic Borough, Palmer, Seward, Soldotna and Utqiagvik
Of the nonresident cases, eight tested positive in Anchorage. Two are tourists. The specific reasons for the others’ visits are not listed in the state database.
Another two nonresident cases are in Fairbanks. One is a visitor and the reason for the second person’s visit is listed as “other.”
Also, one nonresident tested positive in Kenai. The visit purpose is also listed as “other.”
That brings the total number of cases among nonresidents to 306.
The total number of COVID-19 cases among Alaskans now totals 1,539. That includes 620 considered recovered, 902 still active and 17 deaths.
It’s very hard to know how many of the cases are showing symptoms and how many are asymptomatic, according to Dr. Anne Zink, Alaska’s chief medical officer.
“There is clearly a tend towards younger adults in recent rise in cases,” she wrote in a Facebook post on Sunday.
The state tracks the age group of each Alaskans diagnosed with COVID-19. It has recorded the most cases among people in their 20s, followed by people in their 30s.
Meanwhile, the state is reporting 690 hospital beds are available and 261 ventilators. There are 22 people in the hospital in Alaska with COVID-19 or suspected to have the disease.
A total of 146,590 COVID-19 tests have been conducted in the state, up about 1,100 from Sunday’s report.
The average percent of daily, positive tests for the past three days is 1.89%, according to the state.
Elsewhere in the country, surging case counts are driving a second round of restrictions in some cities and states, including California. Alaska is among more than 30 other states where new cases are increasing. But it continues to rank among the states with the lowest case counts per capita, The New York Times reports.
Reach reporter Tegan Hanlon at thanlon@alaskapublic.org or 907-550-8447.
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