KETCHIKAN (KDN) — For the third day in a row, no new positive test results for COVID-19 were recorded in Ketchikan by the local Emergency Operations Center.
The local case recorded on Tuesday involved a close contact of a known positive case.
Of Ketchikan s 290 cumulative cases, 150 have involved close contacts of a known positive case.
Seventeen local cases were considered to be active on Tuesday â nine less active cases than was reported on Monday, according to the online EOC dashboard.
One individual was hospitalized on Tuesday in the PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center COVID-19 unit.
In total, 29,778 COVID-19 tests have been collected in Ketchikan. Tests conducted on or before Saturday at the Berth 3 drive-up testing site were processed. Individuals who have not been contacted by health officials tested negative at that time.