New death, 180 new COVID-19 cases reported in Alaska Wednesday

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Department of Health and Social Services is reporting one new COVID-19 death and 180 new COVID-19 cases in residents and nonresidents.

The new death brings the state total of deaths to 259 residents and two nonresidents since the pandemic began. In a daily case summary, DHSS said the latest death was in a Bethel Census Area resident in his 60s.

A total of 53,670 residents and nonresident COVID-19 cases have been reported in Alaska.

Ten of the cases reported Wednesday were reported in nonresidents with three in Anchorage, five in Unalaska and two in unknown locations. The five nonresidents in Unalaska are employed in the seafood industry, DHSS said in a daily case summary.

At least 1,200 residents and nonresidents have been hospitalized with COVID-19 since cases were first reported in Alaska. An additional 49 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, and five of these patients are on a ventilator in the state.

The DHSS dashboard on hospital capacity lists indicators for adult inpatient beds and intensive care unit beds in the green with 532 inpatient and 44 ICU beds available statewide.

The state dashboard on vaccinations states 84,746 first dose and 21,100 second dose COVID-19 vaccinations have been administered.

A total of 1,467,400 COVID-19 tests have been conducted in Alaska, although that number does not reflect the unique number of individuals who have been tested for COVID-19.

In a media availability, state health officials said a total of 59,600 COVID-19 vaccines have been allocated to Alaska for February with 41,100 doses going to the state and another 18,500 doses for Indian Health Service.

Resident cases were reported in these communities: