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COVID-19: Hospitalizations down, borough cases spike
By Jacob Dye • January 5, 2023 1:30 am

Early Tuesday, the state reported that a data issue had delayed the update of hospitalization info since Dec. 14

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COVID-19: Hospitalizations steady; cases down statewide
By Jacob Dye • December 27, 2022 1:30 am

40 patients are hospitalized with COVID-19

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COVID-19 cases continue to spike
By Jacob Dye • December 6, 2022 1:30 am

Cases rise in Kenai Peninsula Borough for 3rd straight week

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Nurse Sherra Pritchard gives Madyson Knudsen a bandage at the Kenai Public Health Center after the 10-year-old received her first COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion file)
Fewer than 50% of Alaska kids completing routine...
By Jacob Dye • November 23, 2022 1:30 am

This was compared to 2013, when more than 60% were completing routine vaccinations

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Anna Lewald, left, a registered nurse at South Peninsula Hospital, gives Dave Aplin, right, an influenza vaccine at a flu and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine clinic Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
Health officials urge vax, mitigation ahead of virus...
By Jacob Dye • November 23, 2022 1:30 am

Health officials hope to mitigate the strain on hospitals this winter due to COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus

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COVID Hospitalizations hit low not seen since April
By Jacob Dye • October 21, 2022 1:30 am

In the United States as a whole, cases have been trending downward

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Hospitalizations see uptick; COVID cases still declining
By Jacob Dye • October 13, 2022 1:30 am

South Peninsula Hospital reports zero hospitalizations and one emergency room visit related to COVID-19

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27 new deaths reported; COVID cases, hospitalizations down...
By Jacob Dye • October 6, 2022 1:30 am

For the period of Sept. 28 to Oct. 4, 554 new COVID-19 cases were reported

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A worker with Lakeshore Glass installs new windows in one of the South Peninsula Hospital labor and delivery rooms to create a negative-pressure environment for COVID-19 infected patients. "To date, the negative pressure rooms were only in Acute Care and ER, and any deliveries by a Covid positive mother happened in a negative pressure room in the inpatient section of the hospital," SPH Public Information Officer Derotha Ferraro said. (Photo by Derotha Ferrator/South Peninsula Hospital.)
Bivalent boosters available
By Staff report Homer News • September 14, 2022 2:30 am

CDC raises alert level for peninsula

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A new sign on July 2, 2022, on Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street indicates the new times and days for the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
CDC COVID-19 peninsula alert level remains at red
By Staff report Homer News • August 3, 2022 2:30 am

At high or red alert level CDC advises people to wear masks indoors

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A new sign on July 2, 2022, on Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street indicates the new times and days for the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
CDC raises peninsula COVID-19 alert level to high
By Staff report Homer News • July 27, 2022 2:30 am

At high or red alert level CDC advises people to wear masks indoors

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A new sign on July 2, 2022, on Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street indicates the new times and days for the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
Homer woman dies of COVID-19
By Michael Armstrong • July 13, 2022 2:30 am

Woman 80 or older was part of 25 new deaths reported.

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A new sign on July 2, 2022, on Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street indicates the new times and days for the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
CDC puts peninsula in high-risk status
By Michael Armstrong • July 6, 2022 2:30 am

Terrace Assisted Living closes to visitors because of COVID-19 cases.

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