KETCHIKAN (KDN) â The Ketchikan Emergency Operations Center recorded two new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, one of which was found to be connected to a recent cluster of cases stemming from weekend events at Ketchikan High School, which prompted an extension of Kayhiâs in-person learning closure through the weekend.
âOne of the new cases remains under investigation and one of the cases is a close contact to a known positive case,â according to the joint media release from the EOC and the Ketchikan School District.
The release also stated that one of the cases was connected to Kayhi.
Kayhi was set to reopen for in-person learning on Thursday after being closed on Wednesday due to five cases linked to the school, but âthe complexity of the contact tracingâ for the cases led the building closure to be extended through Friday.
Fairbanks North Star Borough saw a sharp spike in new Covid-19 cases this week while the state upward trend slowed.
âWeâve seen some outrageous numbers,â said Fairbanks borough Chief of Staff Jim Williams. âThey were outrageous in a sense that on Wednesday we saw over a hundred new cases â our third highest number.â
On Thursday, only 32 new people contracted the virus across the borough and on Wednesday Fairbanks was leading the state in new cases, according to reports from the Department of Health and Social Services. The city reported 70 new cases on Wednesday while North Pole reported 34, and two more were registered somewhere else in the Fairbanks North Star Borough. With more than 27 cases per 100,000 people in the borough, only Mat-Su is doing worse.
COVID-19 information and call-in programs on KFSK
Posted by Tom Abbott, KFSK | Apr 16, 2021
Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Information 907-269-3046
What have we learned? Preventing future COVID-19 outbreaks in Petersburg: A presentation and question and answer session with the state’s chief medical officer Dr. Anne Zink and state epidemiologist Dr. Joe McLaughlin about the COVID outbreak.
Petersburg Medical Center has set up a 24-hour hotline for people who think they may have been exposed to Coronavirus: 907-772-5788
KFSK has a radio call in program with local hospital, school, borough and public health officials. This show is now on an every other week schedule for Fridays at 12:30 p.m.
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