20 new COVID-19 cases reported for Juneau City and Borough of Juneau – City and Borough of Juneau

The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services reports 20 new individuals in the Juneau community 18 residents and two nonresidents identified with COVID-19 for August 24. There are currently four people with COVID-19 hospitalized at Bartlett Regional Hospital.

The Juneau School District reports five individuals at Riverbend Elementary whove tested positive for COVID-19 and were infectious while in school three were reported late on August 23 and two were reported today. COVID-19 cases related to schools are posted on thedistrict websiteas they are reported (click on the green COVID-19 Cases block). These cases resulted in six classrooms being closed today to allow for contact tracing; four classrooms will reopen tomorrow and two classrooms are quarantined. Find more district related COVID-19 information atjuneauschools.org.

As CBJ reported yesterday, COVID-19 case count updates will be different. Due to the high rate of spread and infection in Alaska from the delta variant, the state Division of Public Health is strained and unable to provide detailed information to CBJ Emergency Operations Center about COVID-19 in Juneau, but Juneau Public Health was able to report generalized case trends for the past week:

Statewide, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services reports593 new peopleidentified with COVID-19 562 are residents and 31 are nonresidents. The state is also reporting 13 deaths, bringing the total number of resident deaths to 419. Alaska has had 81,097 cumulative resident cases of COVID-19 and a total of 3,770 nonresidents.

Juneau vaccine update:

For more information, read CBJs Emergency Operations Center Reports here.

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20 new COVID-19 cases reported for Juneau City and Borough of Juneau - City and Borough of Juneau