DHSS Press Release: One new case of COVID-19 reported in one Alaska community

Alaska DOH sent this bulletin at 05/05/2020 04:12 PM AKDT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

Clinton Bennett, DHSS, (907) 269-4996, clinton.bennett@alaska.gov

One new case of COVID-19 reported in one Alaska community

May 5, 2020 ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) today announced one new case of COVID-19 in Anchorage. This brings the total case count to 371. A total of 22,692 tests have been conducted.

This reflects data from 12:00 a.m. until 11:59 p.m. on May 4 that posted at noon today on the DHSS Coronavirus Response AK COVID-19 Cases and Testing Dashboard.

The new case is a male aged 30-39. There have been a total of 38 hospitalizations and nine deaths with one new hospitalization and no new deaths reported yesterday. Recovered cases now total 277, including 14 new recovered cases recorded yesterday.

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