COVID at a Glance for Wednesday, Jan. 5

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. 3-4

Alert level:Modified high

New cases: 124 residents, 6 nonresidents

Test positivity rate: 13%

Cumulative cases: 4,505 residents and 322 nonresidents

Current hospitalizations: 1

New deaths: 0

Cumulative deaths: 17 residents, 1 nonresident

Vaccination information: 83.1% of Juneau’s eligible population ( 78.7% overall) has received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 77.9% of eligible Juneau residents (73.8% overall) have completed a full vaccination series.

State numbers for Jan. 3-4

Alert level: High

New cases: 1,531 residents, 84 nonresidents

Test positivity rate: 14.67%

Cumulative cases: 155,871 residents and 5,807 nonresidents

Current hospitalizations: 61

New deaths: 0

Cumulative deaths: 947 residents, 32 nonresidents

Vaccination information: 67.8% of Alaska’s eligible population ( 60.6% overall) has received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 63.4% of eligible Alaskans (56.6% overall) have completed a full vaccination series.

— Juneau Empire

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