The state of Alaska reported 863 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday and lost the dubious title as the state in the U.S. with the highest rate of new cases, now ranking second to Maine for the first time in three weeks.
of 804.9. The U.S. territories of Guam and Northern Mariana Islands and Palau — a nation in free association with the U.S. — still rank higher than both Maine and Alaska.of COVID-19 and six nonresident cases on Monday, and 461 resident cases and seven nonresident cases on Tuesday for a cumulative total of 863 new cases over the last two days.
The figures represent a 50% drop in cases from the week of Feb. 2-Feb. 8 to this week.The state did report 27 additional deaths on Wednesday among Alaska residents. There have now been a total of 1,108 resident cases and 33 deaths among nonresidents. The state announced in January that they would only report data on COVID-19 deathsHospitalizations reported by the state dropped
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