By Sentinel Staff
Sitka Unified Command announced one positive test result today for COVID-19.
The confirmed case is a male resident, age 50-59, who was asymptomatic and received testing on July 25. Public Health officials informed the Unified Command on Tuesday.
“The patient is isolating,” the Unified Command said in a news release. “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 23 resident cases, 12 non-resident cases, and 1 hospitalization. The Unified Command dashboard lists 28 as “recovered.”
Other statistics are available in a box on this page.
Today’s news release said, “Data is provisional and may change. Please note that occasionally there is a lag between cases being reported on the DHSS data dashboard and what local communities report as details are confirmed and documentation is received.”
More data is listed at:
coronavirus-response-alaska-dhss.hub.arcgis.com
https://covid19.alaska.gov/
www.covid19.searhc.org.
