Posted: Sat 1:09 PM, Jun 20, 2020
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Updated: Sat 4:32 PM, Jun 20, 2020
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – The State of Alaska has announced 21 new positive cases of COVID-19 in Alaska.
Seven are in Anchorage, four are in Fairbanks, three are in North Pole, two are in Sitka, one is in Big Lake, one is in Eagle River, one is in Homer, one is in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area and one is on the Southern Kenai Peninsula.
The 21 new cases bring the state’s total to 743 cases. Of that total, 267 cases are still considered “active” and 464 are recovered. Total hospitalizations are at 61 cases.
DHSS also announced two new non-resident cases Saturday. One is reported in the Fairbanks North Star Borough of someone in the mining industry, and another in the Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area in the seafood industry.
These two cases bring the total of nonresident cases count is now 104.
Total deaths due to COVID-19 is 12 for the state.
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