Alaska-Specific Information About COVID-19 Infection and Hospitalization Rates

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 Alaska Department of Health (accessed 12/24)
https://health.alaska.gov/dph/Epi/id/Pages/COVID-19/covidandflu.aspx

Track COVID-19 in Alaska The New York Times (accessed 12/24)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/us/alaska-covid-cases.html

COVID Data Tracker Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (accessed 12/24)
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#maps_percent-covid-deaths

Archived Alaska COVID-19 Information Hub (last updated Sep 2023) Alaska COVID19 Data Hub (arcgis.com)
https://alaska-coronavirus-vaccine-outreach-alaska-dhss.hub.arcgis.com/


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