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COVID at a glance for Wednesday, May 19

Published 2:30 am Tuesday, May 18, 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

Alert level: 1b —Minimal

New cases: 66,963

1 resident, 1 nonresident

Test positivity rate: 1.11%

Active cases: 2

Cumulative cases: 1,326 residents, 160 nonresidents

Current hospitalizations: 1

New deaths: 0

Cumulative deaths: 5

Vaccination information: 19,355 people in Juneau have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 18,082 have completed a full vaccination series.

State numbers

Alert level: High

New cases: 95 residents and 2 nonresident

Active cases: Data no longer provided by the state.

Test positivity rate: 1.68%

Cumulative cases: 66,963 residents and 2,793 nonresidents

Current hospitalizations: 27

New deaths: 1

Cumulative deaths: 362 residents, 7 nonresidents. One previously reported resident death was recategorized to a nonresident death.

Vaccination information: 315,049 people statewide have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 275,567 have completed a full vaccination series.

— Juneau Empire

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