COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and death rates are less actively tracked now than they were early in the pandemic. Much of the available data is from 2023 or earlier. The increase of at-home testing (as opposed to in-clinic testing) has also made it harder to track infection rates. As of March 2023, the overall case rate for Alaska was 68.1 resident cases per 100,000 residents. However, COVID-19 rates differ across Alaska. Case rates were the highest in the Northwest Arctic Borough (422.00 case rate) and Bethel Census Area (369.40 case rate) compared to the Chugach Census Area (14.80 case rate) and Matanuska-Susitna Borough (29.80 case rate).
Supporting Links:
Respiratory Virus Snapshot: Current trends for COVID-19, influenza, and RSV (Alaska Department of Health, accessed 11/25)
https://health.alaska.gov/dph/Epi/id/Pages/COVID-19/covidandflu.aspx
https://health.alaska.gov/dph/Epi/id/Pages/COVID-19/covidandflu.aspx
Track COVID-19 in Alaska (New York Times, last updated March 2024, accessed 11/25)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/us/alaska-covid-cases.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/us/alaska-covid-cases.html
Surveillance and Data Analytics: COVID-19 Surveillance Data in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, accessed 11/25)
https://www.cdc.gov/covid/php/surveillance/index.html
https://www.cdc.gov/covid/php/surveillance/index.html
Epidemiology of the COVID-19 Pandemic - Alaska, 2020–2023 (State of Alaska Epidemiology, accessed 12/25)
https://epi.alaska.gov/bulletins/docs/rr2025_01.pdf
https://epi.alaska.gov/bulletins/docs/rr2025_01.pdf