The case count for Covid-19 in Alaska has dropped again, to 792 for Oct. 10, or 4 percent from the previous report on Friday.
288 of those cases were in Anchorage, 143 were in the Mat-Su Valley, 91 were in Fairbanks and Kenai saw 87 new positive diagnoses. Juneau, one of the most highly vaccinated places in the state with 79 percent of the eligible population vaccinated, saw 26 cases.
The number of cases diagnosed may be skewed higher by the fact that Alaska is tied with Massachusetts for the second-highest level of Covid testing in the nation, after Rhode Island, according to Johns Hopkins University.
There are currently 184 people in Alaska hospitals with Covid, down from 186 on Oct. 8. Covid hospitalizations make up 17.9 percent of all hospitalizations in Alaska, down from 20 percent last week.
30 new Covid-19 hospitalizations have been logged since Oct. 1 and the death of 12 Alaskans have been attributed to Covid this month. There are currently 184 people in Alaska hospitals with Covid, down from 186 on Oct. 8. Covid hospitalizations make up 17.9 percent of all hospitalizations in Alaska, down from 20 percent. 29 Covid patients are on ventilators.
See the daily Covid count dashboard here.
There are 18 adult intensive care beds available and 282 non-ICU beds available in Alaska/
