FAMILY FUN – Crystal Johns holds her son Zayne , 2, as she follows her son Ezekiel, 4, up an inflatable slide Saturday at Xoots Elementary School during the annual Spring Carnival. The event included games, prizes, cotton candy, and karaoke. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Young Sitka Male Latest To Test Positive for Virus
By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff Writer
Unified Command said Monday that a positive COVID-19 test result was received over the weekend from public health officials.
The confirmed case is a male resident, age 10-19, who was symptomatic and received COVID testing on September 11. The result was received on September 12.
Sitka’s cumulative positive test count is now at 42 resident cases, 17 non-resident cases, and 1 hospitalization. The “total cases recovered” count was at 58 today.
The resident who tested positive is isolating, a Unified Command press release said. “Public Health Officials have initiated a contact investigation and will notify and isolate additional persons that may have been in contact with this individual, as appropriate,” the announcement said.
A positive test result has been removed from Sitka’s positive case count and information dashboard, Unified Command public information officer Jessica Ieremia said today. She referenced the disclaimer in COVID-related news releases that says “data is provisional and may change.”
She said in this case the positive test result has been re-categorized and is was not actually a new case.
“They caught it and re-categorized it,” Ieremia said.
The latest case has not changed the alert level for the city, “yellow,” indicating “low alert.” The rolling 14-day case average on city dashboard is .14 cases per day.
The school district’s “risk level,” based on the number of local cases from the last two weeks, is “green,” the lowest risk level. Information on the school dashboard shows 2 cases (September 7 and 12) over the last two weeks.
Sitka schools opened August 27, and currently offer options for in-person, homeschool and remote learning.
“Everybody’s feeling good about how it’s going in the buildings,” Superintendent John Holst said today. “It will be nice if it stays like this.” Holst added that the schools are seeing some kids who signed up for remote learning deciding to return to in-person instruction.
Mt. Edgecumbe High School follows the city’s color-coding system (red, orange, yellow), and today the risk level was “yellow” – the lowest risk level in that color coding system.
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April 2004
Photo caption: Sen. Lisa Murkowski talks with students in Karoline Bekeris’ fourth-grade class Thursday at the Westmark Shee Atika. From left are Murkowski, Kelsey Boussom, Laura Quinn and Memito Diaz.
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April 1974
A medley of songs from “Jesus Christ Superstar” will highlight the morning worship service on Palm Sunday at the United Methodist Church. Musicians will be Paige Garwood and Karl Hartman on guitars; Dan Goodness on organ; and Gayle Erickson on drums.
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