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State confirms another new COVID-19 case for Juneau

Published 1:30 am Monday, April 13, 2020

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, pink, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. On Thursday, March 5, 2020, Tennessee’s Department of Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey confirmed the state’s first case of the new coronavirus. (NIAID-RML via AP)

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, pink, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. On Thursday, March 5, 2020, Tennessee’s Department of Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey confirmed the state’s first case of the new coronavirus. (NIAID-RML via AP)

The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services reported Monday another confirmed case of COVID-19 from Juneau, according to City and Borough of Juneau. The source of the virus is under investigation.

The person who tested positive for the illness is a man between the ages of 30 and 39, CBJ stated in a release while citing DHSS.

Juneau has now had 17 cumulative cases — six cases are a result of community transmission, nine secondary and one travel-related case in addition to the newest case pending investigation, according to DHSS. Ten of the 17 cases have recovered. DHSS reported Juneau’s 16th case, a woman between 30 and 39, Sunday.

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