KETCHIKAN (KDN) â The Ketchikan Emergency Operations Center on Friday counted six new positive COVID-19 test results as the number of active cases in the community dropped to 76, according to an evening press release. Three individuals were determined to be close contacts to known positive cases, one case was related to a congregate setting facility, and two of the cases remain under investigation, the EOC statement read.
According to the EOC dashboard on Friday, three virus cases have been connected to a congregate setting facility in the past seven days. Of the pending cases from May 20, one was determined to be a close contact, three were determined to be community spread, and one remains under investigation, the release noted.
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.
KETCHIKAN (KDN) â The Ketchikan Emergency Operations Center on Friday charted four new COVID-19 cases â all involving symptomatic individuals â while one individual was hospitalized in the COVID-19 unit at PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center according to a Friday press release.
According to the EOC release, two of the Friday cases involved close contacts of a known positive case, and two were still under investigation.
Of Ketchikanâs 452 cumulative cases, 252 have been linked to close contact with a known positive.
As of Friday evening, 17 cases of COVID-19 were still active in Ketchikan.
The local positivity rate dropped from 2.17% on Thursday to 1.93% on Friday, the EOC dashboard showed.
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