Eight more Alaskans have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the last state report midday Tuesday.
A total of 293 cases have been identified in Alaska, with 106 of those cases known to be recovered, for a total of 187 active cases.
A total of nine Alaskans have died from the illness, including two who died out of state. None were reported in the last 24 hours.
There have been two more hospitalizations, bringing that total to 34. However, most of those people are not currently hospitalized; nine have died and others have been released to recover at home.
The death rate in Alaska is currently 3 per 100 cases of the Wuhan coronavirus that is believed to have started in Wuhan, China late last year.
Alaska communities that added cases in the past 24 hours were: Anchorage (3), Kenai Peninsula (1), Juneau (3), and the first case diagnosed in the Nome area (1).
Total cases that have been diagnosed in Alaska, (including recovered and deaths):
- Anchorage: 139
- Kenai Peninsula: 16
- Fairbanks/North Star Borough: 79
- Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 1
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 1
- Mat-Su Borough: 15
- Nome Area 1
- Juneau: 21
- Ketchikan: 15
- Petersburg: 2
- Craig: 2
- Bethel: 1
