By Sentinel Staff
Sitka added a total of 10 more cases of COVID-19 to its dashboard Wednesday and Thursday, bringing the rolling case average to 4.64 per day.
The positive results were for tests taken on Nov. 23 and 24 for:
Wednesday (Nov. 25)
- a symptomatic woman, 20-29, tested Nov. 23, “travel” transmission, contact tracing completed
- a symptomatic man, 20-29, tested Nov. 23, “secondary” transmission, contact tracing completed.
- a symptomatic man, 20-29, tested Nov. 24, “secondary,” contact tracing completed.
Thursday (Nov. 26)
- a symptomatic female, 10-19, tested Nov. 24, “secondary,” tracing completed.
- a symptomatic man, 20-29, tested Nov. 24, “secondary,” tracing completed.
- a woman, 30-39, tested Nov. 24, contact tracing in progress.
- a symptomatic man, 60-69, tested Nov. 24, “community spread,” complete.
- a woman, 20-29, tested Nov. 24, contact tracing in progress.
- a symptomatic male, 10-19, tested Nov. 24, “secondary,” tracing completed.
- a symptomatic woman, 50-59, tested Nov. 24, “secondary,” completed.
Sitka is currently on “red,” or “high alert,” with a total of 39 active cases, and the 14-day rolling case average holding steady in the past week between 4.4 and 4.7 cases per day. Sitka went from “moderate” alert to “high” after surpassing 1.0 cases per day earlier this month. The Sitka School District is also on “red,” with all schools except Baranof Elementary teaching classes virtually.
Sitka’s cumulative resident total is 167, with 21 nonresident cases. Of the 188 cumulative total, 149 are listed as “recovered” on the dashboard.
