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AK COVID-19
At a Glance
(updated 5-18-22)
By Sentinel Staff
The state Department of Health and Social Services has posted the following update on the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Alaska as of 11:55 pm Wednesday, May 18.
New cases as of Wednesday: 1,675
Total cases (cumulative) statewide – 249,522
Total (cumulative) deaths – 1,252
Total (cumulative) hospitalizations – 3,762
Current Hospitalizations – 44
To visit the Alaska DHSS Corona Response dashboard website click here.
COVID in Sitka
The Sitka community level is now "medium.'' Case statistics are as of Wednesday.
Cases in last 7 days – 54
Cumulative Sitka cases – 2,633
Hospitalizations (to date) – 32
Deceased (cumulative) – 6
The local case data are from Alaska DHSS.
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20 YEARS AGO
May 2002
Police blotter: Two juveniles who were seen throwing their belonging at each other were told to stop or face arrest. ... A woman was reported arguing with her husband and friends, all of whom agreed she had been drinking too much. ... A man said he thought a neighbor had his missing cat, but the neighbor showed police his cat and her six kittens. A watch will be kept for the missing cat.
50 YEARS AGO
May 2002
There will not be a commercial herring spawn and help fishery in the Sitka area, Jim Parker, Fish & Game fisheries management biologist, announced. There’s been good herring spawn but herring haven’t spawned in the macrocystis kelp beds.
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