KETCHIKAN (KDN) â The Ketchikan Emergency Operations Center recorded 11 new coronavirus cases between its Friday and Monday evening updates, and one individual was hospitalized in the COVID-19 unit at PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center on Monday.
âOne case was reported late evening on May 7; three cases were reported on May 8, and seven cases were reported today,â according to the EOCÂ release. âOf the 11, six were determined to be close contacts to known positive cases, and five remain under investigation.â
In total, 10 cases were under investigation as to source on Monday evening.
âDuring the contact investigations, Public Health will coordinate with the positive person to reach out to anyone who may be a close contact and instruct them to quarantine,â the EOC statement read. âIn the event of a positive case associated with the school district, Public Health will coordinate with school district staff to reach out to anyone who may be
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Print article The results of a statewide survey conducted by Alaska’s health department in March offer some insight into Alaskans’ attitudes related to COVID-19 vaccines and will be used to inform public messaging, state health officials said this week. The results, which were published Thursday in a report compiled by the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, indicated about a 36% vaccine hesitancy rate meaning they were unsure or undecided about whether to get vaccinated among the more than 1,000 survey respondents with Alaska area codes who answered questions via text.
Print article COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are trending down in Alaska but not in Fairbanks, which is now experiencing its worst coronavirus outbreak so far since the pandemic began. The Interior region’s recent surge in cases and now hospitalizations is largely being driven by younger, unvaccinated Alaskans, and is stretching Fairbanks Memorial Hospital’s capacity and staffing to a breaking point, health officials said Wednesday. “I wish we were at a point in the pandemic where we were not talking about hospital systems being overwhelmed, but currently the Fairbanks region is pushing that limit right now,” Dr. Anne Zink, the state’s chief medical officer, said during a public information call this week.
COVID Spike Pushes Fairbanks Hospital to Its Limit
The hospital’s increasing number of patients plus its limited supply of respiratory equipment and limited hospital staffing means providers may soon need to start medically evacuating patients to other hospitals.
May 06, 2021 • (TNS) - COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are trending down in Alaska but not in Fairbanks, which is now experiencing its worst coronavirus outbreak so far since the pandemic began.
The Interior region s recent surge in cases and now hospitalizations is largely being driven by younger, unvaccinated Alaskans, and is stretching Fairbanks Memorial Hospital s capacity and staffing to a breaking point, health officials said Wednesday.
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.