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COVID at a glance for Wednesday, Oct. 20

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

Alert level: 3- High

New cases: 20 residents, 1 nonresidents

Active cases: About 211.

Test positivity rate: 5%

Cumulative cases: 3,496 residents, 304 nonresidents

Current hospitalizations: 1

New deaths: 1, a resident in her 50s.

Cumulative deaths: 12 residents, 1 nonresident

Vaccination information: 84.4% of Juneau’s eligible population (72.7% overall) has received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 80% of Juneau’s eligible population ( 69% overall) have completed a full vaccination series.

State numbers

Alert level: High

New cases: 821 residents, 9 nonresidents

Test positivity rate: 10.3%

Cumulative cases: 126,250 residents and 5,153 nonresidents

Current hospitalizations: 218

New deaths: 8

Cumulative deaths: 667 residents, 24 nonresidents

Vaccination information: 64.4% of Alaska’s eligible population ( 53.7% overall) has received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 59.6% of eligible Alaskans (49.6% overall) have completed a full vaccination series.

— Juneau Empire

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