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COVID at a glance for Tuesday, Oct. 19

Published 10:30 pm Wednesday, October 13, 2021

By Juneau Empire

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

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 since Friday

Alert level: 3- High

New cases: 87 residents, 0 nonresidents

Active cases: About 225.

Test positivity rate: 5%

Cumulative cases: 3,476 residents, 303 nonresidents

Current hospitalizations: 1

New deaths: 0

Cumulative deaths: 11 residents, 1 nonresident

Vaccination information: 84.3% of Juneau’s eligible population (72.7% overall) has received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 80% of Juneau’s eligible population ( 68.9% overall) have completed a full vaccination series.

State numbers since Friday

Alert level: High

New cases: 2,785 residents, 57 nonresidents.

Test positivity rate: 11%

Cumulative cases: 125,445 residents and 5,145 nonresidents

Current hospitalizations: 224

New deaths: 65 residents, 1 nonresident

Cumulative deaths: 659 residents, 24 nonresidents

Vaccination information: 64.3% of Alaska’s eligible population ( 53.6% overall) has received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 59.5% of eligible Alaskans (49.5% overall) have completed a full vaccination series.

— Juneau Empire

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