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Some new COVID cases in Sitka connected to Ketchikan outbreak
Posted by Katherine Rose | May 11, 2021
Sitka’s COVID count increased again over the last week, but the city’s alert level remains ‘low.’
Between May 2 and May 9, Sitka reported 4 new coronavirus infections according to city data. A young woman between 10 and 19 years old, a man in his 30s, and a man and woman both in their 50s tested positive for the virus. Three of the patients are residents whose cases are travel-related. The fourth is a non-resident patient. Her case is tied to community spread.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Sitka has reported 369 coronavirus cases. Six of those cases are “active,” according to city data
KETCHIKAN (KDN) â Ketchikan on Wednesday set a new record for the highest single-day case total for 2021 thus far, with 13 cases counted by the local Emergency Operations Center.
âTwo cases were determined to be community spread; one case was related to recent travel; one case was determined to be close contact to a known positive; and nine remain under investigation,â according to a Wednesday evening EOC press release.
Of the cases that were pending EOC investigation after being recorded on Tuesday, six were found to be due to close contact with a known positive, one was determined to be community spread and one was still being investigated as of Wednesday.