LUTHERAN QUILTERS – Members of the Quilts for Comfort Group stand between pews draped with some of the 205 quilts they made, in the Sitka Lutheran Church Tuesday. The group made the quilts for five local non-profits and one in Anchorage. The remaining quilts are sent to Lutheran World Relief which distributes them to places around the world in need, such as Ukraine, as part of Personal Care Kits. Pictured are, from left, Helen Cunningham, Kathleen Brandt,Vicki Swanson, Paulla Hardy, Kim Hunter, Linda Swanson and Sue Fleming. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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By Sentinel Staff
With 35 of the COVID cases dropping off the end of the two-week dashboard, Sitka’s cases-per-day average went down today.
But new positive tests continued to come in at high numbers, with nine resident cases reported Monday, and five residents and two nonresidents counted as of press time today.
The 14-day rolling case average is now at 15.79 per day, down from 17.64 on Tuesday. Sitka has a total of 123 current active cases.
The community is currently at “high” risk for transmission since going above 1 average case per day, on July 6. It peaked at 20.86 per day last week, and currently is on a downward trend.
Cases across the country are going up, with an increase of 139 percent over 14 days – climbing to 28 cases per 100,000 – according to the New York Times COVID spreadsheet.
Alaska is at a 116 percent increase, with 42 average cases per 100,000. Sitka saw an 8 percent increase, and 188 cases per 100,000, making it one of the COVID “hotspots” in the U.S., along with Sabine County, Texas (218), Wheeler County, Oregon (139); and several parts of Florida.
Sitka’s vaccination figures are going up, but slowly, with clinics scheduled for today and Friday.
Today’s figures from the state Department of Health and Social Services show 5,682 in Sitka are partially vaccinated, or 77 percent of the age 12 and up population; and 5,242 fully vaccinated, 71 percent.
Harry Race Pharmacy is offering a clinic for the three available vaccines 10 a.m. to noon Friday, next to the pharmacy. Signups are available through sitkapharmacies.com. Registration for vaccinations at SEARHC is at covid19.searhc.org
The cityofsitka.org site includes a copy of the new mask mandate passed by emergency ordinance by the Assembly on Thursday. It calls for wearing a face covering over nose and mouth in “indoor public settings or communal spaces outside the home.”
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March 2004
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March 1974
Photo caption: National Republican Chairman George Bush takes a drink of water offered by Jan Craddick, Sitka delegate, during the Republican convention held here. Mrs. Craddick explained to Bush that the water was from Indian River, which means, according to local legend, that he will return.