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COVID at a glance for Friday, May 21

Published 2:30 am Thursday, May 20, 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: 0

Test positivity rate: 1.05%

Active cases: 9

Cumulative cases: 1,326 residents, 161 nonresidents

Current hospitalizations: 1

New deaths: 0

Cumulative deaths: 5

Vaccination information: 19,478 people in Juneau have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 18,211 have completed a full vaccination series.

State numbers

Alert level: Intermediate

New cases: 63 residents, 3 nonresidents

Active cases: Data no longer provided by the state.

Test positivity rate: 1.65%

Cumulative cases: 67,107 residents and 2,795 nonresidents

Current hospitalizations: 24

New deaths: 0

Cumulative deaths: 362 residents, 7 nonresidents.

Vaccination information: 318,530 people statewide have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 278,856 have completed a full vaccination series.

— Juneau Empire

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