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COVID at a Glance for Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022

Published 10:30 pm Tuesday, January 18, 2022

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

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. The city and state will begin providing COVID-19 data updates on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays instead of daily. COVID at a glance will follow that schedule.

Local numbers for Jan. 14-19

Alert level: Modified high

New cases: 500 residents, 11 nonresident

Test positivity rate: 17%

Cumulative cases: 5,830 residents and 340 nonresidents

Current hospitalizations: 5

New deaths: 0

Cumulative deaths: 17 residents, 1 nonresident

Vaccination information: 84 % of Juneau’s eligible population (79% overall) has received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 78% of eligible Juneau residents (74% overall) have completed a full vaccination series.

State numbers for Jan. 14-19

Alert level: High

New cases: 9,962 residents, 240 nonresidents

Test positivity rate: Data no longer provided.

Cumulative cases: 182,285 residents and 6,527 nonresidents

Current hospitalizations: 126

New deaths: 64

Cumulative deaths: 1,018 residents, 33 nonresidents

Vaccination information: 68.6% of Alaska’s eligible population ( 64.1% overall) has received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 61.3% of eligible Alaskans (57.2% overall) have completed a full vaccination series.

— Juneau Empire

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