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COVID at a glance for Thursday, Oct. 7

Published 10:30 pm Tuesday, October 5, 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: 12 residents

Test positivity rate: 5%

Cumulative cases: 3,158 residents, 299 nonresidents

Current hospitalizations: 3

New deaths: 0

Cumulative deaths: 11 residents, 1 nonresident

Vaccination information: 83.9% of Juneau’s eligible population (72.3% overall) has received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 78.9% of Juneau’s eligible population ( 68% overall) have completed a full vaccination series.

State numbers

Alert level: High

New cases: 842 residents, 21 nonresidents

Test positivity rate: 9.48%

Cumulative cases: 115,543 residents and 4,971 nonresidents

Current hospitalizations: 193

New deaths: 5 residents

Cumulative deaths: 569 residents, 21 nonresidents.

Vaccination information: 63.7% of Alaska’s eligible population ( 53.1% overall) has received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 58.5% of eligible Alaskans (48.7% overall) have completed a full vaccination series.

— Juneau Empire

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