Testing positive for Covid-19 in Alaska on Thursday were another 860 Alaskans. The number of Alaskans testing positive for Covid has trended lower for the past few weeks.
The big drop has been in the number of Covid patients in Alaska hospitals. Down from over 244 on Oct. 24, there are now just 161 patients, and just 25 of them are on ventilators, down from a high of 38 three weeks ago.
Also dropping is the percentage of patients in hospitals who have Covid. That is now just below 15 percent, whereas two weeks ago it was about 22 percent.
Hospital beds are opening up again, too. with most Southcentral Alaska hospitals having room for ICU and non-ICU patients, while ICU and non-ICU beds in Southeast Alaska are in the green “open” zone.
To date, 714 Alaskans have died, with their deaths attributed to Covid-19.
The decrease in Covid-19 positive cases has dropped 8 percent this week over last week. Some 8.1 percent of people getting tested for Covid in Alaska ended up with a positive result over the past seven days, with an average of 445 positive cases per day during the last week.
