There have been 62 COVID-positive sufferers hospitalized in Alaska as of Wednesday, in accordance with the state well being division. That features two folks with COVID-19 who’re on a ventilator.
Listed below are different highlights from this week’s up to date COVID-19 information from the Alaska Division of Well being:
• The hospitalizations reported Wednesday have been down considerably from the earlier week, when 80 COVID-positive folks have been hospitalized.
• The state well being division reported no extra COVID-19 deaths amongst residents.
• In Alaska, 1,391 new circumstances have been reported over a seven-day interval, a lower from 1,988 circumstances reported final week. That information doesn’t embrace at-home checks, which have change into more and more widespread however don’t get reported.
• Alaska’s seven-day case fee per 100,000 now ranks 18th amongst U.S. states, in accordance with a CDC tracker.
• Statewide, 68% of Alaskans six months and older had acquired no less than one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, whereas 28.3% had acquired no less than one booster shot.
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