{"id":65719,"date":"2020-12-04T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/state-reports-record-number-of-new-covid-19-cases\/"},"modified":"2020-12-04T22:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T07:30:00","slug":"state-reports-record-number-of-new-covid-19-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/state-reports-record-number-of-new-covid-19-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"State reports record number of new COVID-19 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"

The state health department announced on Saturday a new single-day record of COVID-19 cases.<\/p>\n

A total of 933 new COVID-19 cases were counted, according to Alaska Department of Health and Social Services. Of those new cases, 908 are residents of Alaska and 25 are nonresidents.<\/p>\n

Anchorage, 298, and Wasilla, 177, accounted for over half of the new cases. Fairbanks, 89; the Bethel Census Area, 39; Kenai, 36; Palmer, 35; North Pole, 34; Soldotna, 33; the Kusilvak Census Area, 24; Eagle River, 22; Kodiak, 19; Bethel, 12; Fairbanks North Star Borough, 12; and Delta Junction, 11; also tallied double-digit, single-day increases, according to state data.<\/p>\n

[State adds 20 total coronavirus-related deaths in 2 days<\/a>]<\/ins><\/p>\n

Of the resident cases, 555 are male, 348 are female and five are of unknown gender, according to the state. The plurality of new cases, 187, were among people aged 30-39, according to state data. The next highest number of cases, 185, was among people in their 20s. Of the new cases 19 are among people 80 and older.<\/p>\n

All regions in Alaska are in high alert status with widespread community transmission occurring, according to the state.<\/p>\n

City and Borough of Juneau’s COVID-19 dashboard<\/a>, which was updated on Saturday, shows no new cases, 72 active cases and no COVID-19 patients at Bartlett Regional Hospital.<\/p>\n

There have now been 34,9633 cases among residents and 1,308 cases among nonresidents, according to state data.<\/p>\n

The state also added another death to its total on Saturday. The deceased was an Anchorage women in her 70s, according to DHSS. That brings the state’s total to 142.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the state reported five new hospitalizations. Those bring the total of Alaskans hospitalized with COVID-19 to 784, according to state data. As of Saturday, there were 164 COVID-19-related hospitalizations, according to the state.<\/p>\n

• Contact Ben Hohenstatt at (907)308-4895 or bhohenstatt@juneauempire.com.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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