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.
The three local governments in the Fairbanks area are expecting almost $30 million â maybe more â from the latest federal coronavirus relief bill signed into law last month.
The Fairbanks North Star Borough is anticipating receiving $18-20 million, while the city of Fairbanks is anticipating receiving $6.41 million.
Itâs not yet clear how much will be allocated to the city of North Pole, which requested $8.7 million, mostly to improve the municipal water system, according to Mayor Mike Welch.
Officials at the city of Fairbanks and the borough said they are waiting on guidance from the U.S. treasury department before deciding how their allocations will be used.
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