Thursday brought another surge of new COVID-19 virus deaths and cases across the state and the Interior, adding pressure on hospitals and urgency for new emergency funding and treatments.
Five more Alaskans died from the virus Thursday, including a Fairbanks man in his 80s, according to the state Department of Health and Social Services. Across the state, 626 new people were identified with the virus, 100 of them in Fairbanks and 22 in North Pole.
Among other cities, Anchorage took the biggest blow, seeing 231 cases, while 45 cases were registered in Wasilla, 44 in Kodiak, 19 in Eagle River, 16 in Soldotna, 16 in Juneau, 14 in Bethel and 14 in Kenai.
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