By Sentinel Staff
Sitka’s coronavirus dashboard showed the rolling average case rate dropping to .07 cases per day, the lowest rate in weeks.
The community’s risk level remains at “low” - or “yellow.” The uptick in cases Sitka saw two weeks ago - seven residents over five days - are now outside the 14-day “rolling case trend,” which affected the rolling average. The latest case, a resident in his 60s, was reported on October 13.
“We’ve only had one case in 14 days, that’s a good thing to see, it’s reassuring,” said Rob Janik, planning section chief for the city Emergency Operations Center for the pandemic. “
He noted citizens taking advantage of weekend asymptomatic testing, wearing face coverings, physical distancing and limiting large gatherings as steps Sitkans are taking as precautions.
“It seems like they’re taking it seriously and it’s working,” he said.
City Administrator John Leach, the EOC incident commander, thanked the community for “cooperating to keep our case count low and our schools open.”
Sitka has a cumulative total of 54 resident cases and 18 nonresidents.
