By Sentinel Staff
A positive test result for COVID-19 in Sitka was received Tuesday, Sitka Unified Command said today.
The confirmed case is a male resident, age 50-59, who was symptomatic and received COVID-19 testing on Sept. 6, a press release from Unified Command stated.
“Patient is isolating,” the 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.”
Sitka’s cumulative positive test count is now at 41 resident cases, 17 non-resident cases.
Sitka is currently at the “low” or “yellow” alert level, based on a 14-day rolling average of .29 cases per day.
The state of Alaska is reporting 5,833 cumulative resident cases statewide.
“Data is provisional and may change. Please note that occasionally there is a lag between cases being reported on the state Department of Health and Social Services data dashboard and what local communities report as details are confirmed and documentation is received,” the press release said.
See the box on this page for more COVID-19 data, and also online at
coronavirus-response-alaska-dhss.hub.arcgis.com
https://covid19.alaska.gov
and covid19.searhc.org.
