No coronavirus-related deaths have been reported in the state for over three weeks, marking the longest stretch the state has gone without reporting any COVID-19 deaths since last April.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says cleaning alone is usually enough and that disinfecting is likely only needed in some circumstances.
Nearly half of the cases reported Wednesday were in the Anchorage area.
The case was first identified in March in the region that includes Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, according to a report from health officials.
“We see this as a natural extension to what our mission is in the community,” said Alaska Club CEO Robert Brewster.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has reimbursed for burial costs before, but it has never offered as large a payment — up to $9,000 — to so many people.
What if I lose it? Will I need it for travel?
A number of hospitals now allow at least one visitor per patient, but are still waiting for case counts to drop further before returning to pre-COVID-19 levels.
Psychologists call it re-entry fear, and they’re finding it more common as headlines herald the imminent return to something more like normal life.
Thousands of appointments remain open in the Anchorage area over the next several days.
The Centers for Disease Control says fully vaccinated Americans can travel domestically without getting tested for the coronavirus or going into quarantine afterward.
The most eager individuals have already received their shots, Alaska health officials say, so the challenge now is how to reach a more hesitant group of Alaskans and make vaccinations more convenient.
An essential worker tested positive on the island after previously testing negative before traveling to the community.
Alaska is now experiencing an increase in its average daily case rate.
Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, announced updated results Thursday from their ongoing late-stage study of more than 44,000 volunteers.
More than 60 students have had to quarantine, and most exposures are linked to recent comp-league hockey tournaments in the Valley.
It was not clear when Palin, 57, tested positive. She told the magazine that other members of her family tested positive as well.
