The state health department on Wednesday reported 1,954 COVID-19 cases over a seven-day period, an 11% increase compared to last week.
COVID-19 hospitalizations and new cases reported to Alaska’s health department increased again this past week. A new omicron subvariant driving up cases in the Lower 48 made up nearly 5% of recently sequenced cases, state health officials say.
The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services now updates all of its COVID-19 data only on Wednesdays. Here are a few main takeaways from the latest data available: • The regions with the highest per capita case rates this week included the Denali Borough and several areas in Southeast, including the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Skagway municipality, City and Borough of Juneau, City and Borough of Sitka and the Yakutat plus Hoonah-Angoon area — all at more than 500 cases per 100,000 people. That data represents reported cases and not at-home tests, but regional levels provide a sense of larger case trends, officials say.
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