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COVID-19
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COVID-19: Cases slow statewide; hospitalizations rise
By Jacob Dye • February 9, 2023 1:30 am

61 people are hospitalized with COVID-19 in Alaska

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COVID-19 cases continue to climb
By Jacob Dye • February 2, 2023 8:55 am

Statewide hospitalizations decreased slightly

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COVID-19: Hospitalizations jump, 4th consecutive week of rising cases
COVID-19: Hospitalizations jump, 4th consecutive week of rising...
By Jacob Dye • January 25, 2023 1:30 am

Four patients are on ventilators and two are located in the Gulf Coast region

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COVID-19: 2nd week of statewide case increase; hospitalizations...
By Jacob Dye • January 18, 2023 1:30 am

In the Gulf Coast region one patient was reported hospitalized with COVID-19

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South Peninsula Hospital employees remove COVID-19 testing signs from South Peninsula Hospital test site Friday Jan. 13, 2023. (Photo from Derotha Ferraro/South Peninsula Hospital)
South Peninsula Hospital closes COVID test and vaccine...
By Emilie Springer • January 18, 2023 1:30 am

In its peak, the test and vaccine site employed 15 people, and was averaging 100-150 swabs a day.

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COVID-19: Statewide cases and hospitalizations up
COVID-19: Statewide cases and hospitalizations up
By Jacob Dye • January 11, 2023 1:30 am

That makes the largest increase reported since Sept. 14

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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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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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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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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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