The Anchorage Assembly majority says that the masking ordinance AO 2021-91 has led to lower numbers of Anchorage residents testing positive for Covid-19, and thus the mandate can end early.
Read: Masking ordinance to end early as mask-majority on Assembly declares victory
Assemblywoman Meg Zaletel is taking credit for Anchorage numbers dropping, saying the mask mandate that she and the nine-member majority voted into emergency law is the reason.
A medical professional in Alaska who has been studying Covid trends has kept track of the statewide numbers, and provided this data to Must Read Alaska; he has also provided the data to the Assembly today. It is data that reflects Covid positive tests statewide.
DATE 7 DAY STATEWIDE ROLLING AVERAGE (FROM BROWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH)
09/27/21 178.2
Discussion of AO 2021-91 starts
10/01/21 154.8
10/04/21 120.5
10/08/21 109.2
Mask Emergency Ordinance passes
10/12/21 111.8
10/13/21 118.9
10/15/21 124.0
10/18/21 70.3 suspected reporting anomaly
10/19/21 116.3
10/20/21 108.3
10/21/21 109.3
10/22/21 106.7
10/25/21 139.0
10/26/21 98.7
10/27/21 93.8
10/28/21 89.8
11/01/21 86.3
11/02/21 81.4
11/03/21 83.6
11/04/21 80.5
11/05/21 81.6
11/08/21 77.9
11/09/21 75.6
11/10/21 71.4
11/11/21 58.7
11/12/21 58.8
11/13/21 58.8
11/15/21 53.8
11/16/21 53.3
11/17/21 53.1
11/18/21 63.2
11/19/21 56.4
11/22/21 49.8
11/23/21 45.9
11/24/21 46.8
11/25/21 36.7
11/26/21 38.8
11/29/21 38.4
11/30/21 38.8
12/01/21 35.6
12/02/21 42.3
