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Watch live: State and Anchorage officials discuss increase in COVID-19 cases at 5 p.m.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy and Alaska’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink will discuss the latest positive cases of COVID-19 in Alaska via livestream at 5 p.m. today. They’ll be joined by Dr. Michael Bernstein, chief medical officer of Providence Health & Services Alaska and the director of the Anchorage Health Department, Natasha Pineda.

Twenty-seven confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported Sunday by the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services — the state’s highest daily increase since the pandemic began.

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