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COVID at a glance for Wednesday, May 12

Published 10:30 pm Tuesday, May 11, 2021

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, blue/pink, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, NIAID-RML

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 for May 12

Alert level: 1b —Minimal

New cases: 1 resident

Test positivity rate: 1.74%

Active cases: 19

Cumulative cases: 1,316 residents, 158 nonresidents

Current hospitalizations: 1

New deaths: 0

Cumulative deaths: 5

Vaccination information: 18,803 people in Juneau have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 17,570 have completed both doses.

State numbers for May 12

Alert level: High

New cases: 83residents and 1 nonresidents

Active cases: Data no longer provided by the state.

Test positivity rate: 1.69%

Cumulative cases: 66,491 residents and 2,776 nonresidents

Current hospitalizations: 39

New deaths: 2

Cumulative deaths: 347 residents, 6 nonresidents

Vaccination information: 319,585 people statewide have received their first dose, and 276, 533 have completed both doses.

— Juneau Empire

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