The number of people who tested positive for Covid-19 on Oct. 31 was 352. For the Oct. 29-31 weekend, the total was 1,547 for new cases in Alaska, including the 352 on Sunday. There has been a decrease of 8 percent in new cases from the previous week.
Currently, 190 Alaskans are hospitalized with Covid-19, making up 19.3 percent of all hospitalizations, a decrease from last week. Also a decrease are the number of hospitalized Covid patients on ventilators. Last month the number of patients on ventilators spiked to 38 at one point. That number is now 28.
96 of the 118 ICU beds in the state are occupied and 779 of 1,100 non-ICU beds are occupied. The number of beds relates to whether there is staffing to take care of patients, and the base number tends to change. These occupied beds are being used by Covid and non-Covid patients.
Three more Alaskans died over the weekend with the cause attributed to Covid, bringing the state total to 702 since the pandemic hit Alaska in March of 2020.
60.3% of Alaskans 12 and older have been vaccinated.
The vaccination rate by by region:
- Juneau Region: 80.3%
- YK-Delta Region: 77.3%
- Other Southeast Region – Northern: 76.2%
- Southwest Region: 70.5%
- Other Southeast Region – Southern: 68.1%
- Anchorage Region: 64.1%
- Northwest Region: 62.7%
- Other Interior Region: 60.5%
- Fairbanks North Star Borough: 52.9%
- Kenai Peninsula Region: 50.5%
- Matanuska-Susitna Region: 43.7%
