position is full-time<\/a> and Hedberg called the salary “competitive.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\tThe state’s health department said in it’s its weekly report said hospitalizations for COVID-19 continue to rise and hospital capacity and staffing have become a significant concern. Testing is not keeping up with new cases, the report said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Friday DHSS announced 663 new cases and four new deaths, bringing the state’s total of COVID-19-related deaths to 118. The City and Borough of Juneau will update its coronavirus data Monday, Nov. 30.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Nearly 4,000 cases among Alaskans were reported last week, reflecting continued high community transmission throughout much of Alaska, DHSS reported, but noted that some areas, including Juneau, have seen a decline in cases.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Juneau remains in the high alert level by both state and local metrics, and DHSS showed Juneau as having 25 cases per 100,000 people over a seven-day window.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
DHSS said in the report it doesn’t know whether Juneau’s decline primarily reflects a true decline in community transmission levels, a decline in testing, a lag in reporting positive cases or a combination of all three, the positivity rate in each region can help estimate the adequacy of testing.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
All areas of Southeast Alaska have seen lower positivity rates than other parts of the state and under-testing was less of a concern there, according to DHSS weekly report.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
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