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COVID at a glance for Tuesday, Dec. 22

Published 2:30 am Wednesday, December 16, 2020

By Juneau Empire

This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. On Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, the top U.S. public health agency said that coronavirus can spread greater distances through the air than 6 feet, particularly in poorly ventilated and enclosed spaces. But agency officials continued to say such spread is uncommon, and current social distancing guidelines still make sense. (NIAID-RML via AP)

These numbers come from reports from the City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center and the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, as well as updates from the Alaska Coronavirus Response Hub and City and Borough of Juneau COVID-19 Dashboard.

Local numbers

Alert level: 3 — High

New cases: 12 residents, 0 nonresident

Test positivity rate: 1.86%

Active cases: 44

Cumulative cases: 922 residents, 117 nonresidents

Current hospitalizations: 0

New deaths: 0

Cumulative deaths: 5

State numbers

Alert level: High

New cases: 426 residents, 3 nonresidents

Active cases: Data no longer provided by the state.

Test positivity rate: 4.66%

Cumulative cases: 43,001 residents and 1,462 nonresidents

Current hospitalizations: 121

New deaths: 10

Cumulative deaths: 193

— Juneau Empire

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