The Covid-19 virus transmission keeps slowing down in Fairbanks and statewide, with Alaska going into intermediate â or orange â statewide alert status, according to state health experts.
âThatâs a big milestone,â State Epidemiologist Joe McLaughlin said during Thursdayâs news conference. âWeâre very excited to see these case counts continue to decrease.â
The alert status is based on the average daily case rate over two weeks, with the intermediate level meaning that between 4.8 and 10 cases are transmitted per 100,000 people.
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The state of the virus
Yesterday alone, the state reported 78 cases, 15 of them in Fairbanks North Star Borough. Delta Junction reported three cases on Thursday, while Denali Borough reported three positive Covid cases during the past week.
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97 new COVID-19 cases, 1 new death reported Wednesday Megan Pacer © Provided by Anchorage KTUU-TV Coronavirus
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services reported 97 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, and one additional death related to the virus.
The individual whose recent death was COVID-19 related was a Palmer man in his 60s, according to DHSS. With a total of 362 COVID-19-related Alaska resident deaths, the state still has one of the lower death rates in the country.
Alaska’s statewide alert level is still considered high, but is hovering on the cusp of moving back down to intermediate, according to state data. The current statewide alert level, which is based on the average daily case rate per 100,000 people over the last two weeks, is 10.08, according to the department. The state will be back in the intermediate alert level once that rate drops below 10.