Alaska covid update numbers. Alaska reports death of anchorage man with covid 19 plus 80 new infections statewide 5 alaska airlines warns nearly 1600 washington state employees of pandemic driven autumn layoffs. Covid 19 updates the department of corrections is committed to protecting the health and welfare of the staff and offenders in our institutions and field offices. The total number of nonresident cases is 58.
There are 202 active. Updates occur by 1200 pm akdt daily. Alaska has the highest number of active covid 19 cases since the pandemic started june 11 2020 by andrew kitchenman ktoo and alaska public media.
The numbers reported today raise the total confirmed alaskan cases to 610 with 397 recovered. Two of them are from the matanuska susitna borough. Over the past week there have been an average of 137 cases per day an increase of 91 percent from the average.
The number of deaths remains at 11. Alaska 2 1 1 or 1 800 478 2221 for general questions about covid 19 resources on variety of state wide services. At least 1 new coronavirus death and 150 new cases were reported in alaska on aug.
Official information from governor mike dunleavy the alaska department of health and social services and alaska department of military and veterans affairs on the covid 19 outbreak in alaska. Covid 19 is a highly infectious and fast spreading disease. State health officials are reporting that five more alaskans have been diagnosed with covid 19 the disease caused by coronavirus.