The state Department of Health and Social Services is considering transitioning away from daily COVID-19 case counts, and toward reporting weekly trends.
Alaska coronavirus news
Live updates and information on COVID-19 in Juneau and Alaska
Alaskans we’ve lost to COVID: Elizabeth Ketah, family matriarch
Elizabeth Ketah was born in Seldovia, met her husband while in boarding school at Mt. Edgecumbe and then moved to Ketchikan.
Pfizer plans to test a third dose of its COVID vaccine on infants and young children
The companies said two doses did not produce a robust immune response in kids 2 to 5 years old.
Omicron is ‘likely’ already spreading in Alaska, state says
The World Health Organization has warned that omicron spreads faster than any other variant of the coronavirus.
Ketchikan sees its 14th COVID death as cases and hospitalizations remain high
All but two of Ketchikan’s recorded COVID-19 deaths have come since the start of August.
St. Paul gets new police chief after its entire department quit over COVID vaccine mandate
The island community of 355 people has recorded just seven cases of the virus to date.