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.