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 Dec. 7-8.
Alert level: High
New cases: 15 residents,
Test positivity rate: 3%
Cumulative cases: 3,948 residents and 299 nonresidents
Current hospitalizations: 1
New deaths: 0
Cumulative deaths: 16 residents, 1 nonresident
Vaccination information: 81.8% of Juneau’s eligible population ( 77.5% overall) has received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 76.7% of eligible Juneau residents (72.7% overall) have completed a full vaccination series.
State numbers since Dec. 7-8.
Alert level: High
New cases: 434 residents, 7 nonresidents
Test positivity rate: 4.5%
Cumulative cases: 147,535 residents and 5,442 nonresidents
Current hospitalizations: 76
New deaths: 3
Cumulative deaths: 856 residents, 30 nonresidents
Vaccination information: 62% of Alaska’s eligible population ( 58% overall) has received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 56% of eligible Alaskans (52% overall) have completed a full vaccination series.
— Juneau Empire
