peak. alison roberts has the latest from anchorage. reporter: across the country, covid and hospitalizations are dropping, but in alaska, a very different story. through much of the pandemic, the health officials say the state s geography was an advantage. it kept cases relatively low. but now alaska is surging. the hospitals are overwhelmed the unique geography is working against. traveling hundreds of miles apart. to get them supplies and resources anything from testing to oxygen can be a huge logist achal barrier. reporter: over the last two weeks, alaska has seen the highest rise in covid cases in the country. covid deaths spiked 114%. all of the cases are unvaccinated. reporter: the state s crisis