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INFORMATION RELEASE
November 23, 2021
State reports six new COVID-19 cases for Juneau
The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) reports six new residents in the Juneau community identified with COVID-19 for November 23. According to Juneau Public
Health, there are about 48 active cases. Of those, about 11 are minors under 18, and three are adults over 60. The majority of case activity is currently in individuals in their 20s and 30s.
The Juneau School District reports two new individuals who’ve tested positive for COVID-19 and were infectious while in school:
Please note: Entire classrooms are no longer being quarantined. Instead, the availability of at-home, rapid antigen COVID-19 tests now provides unvaccinated close contacts with two options: test daily to stay in school or quarantine. COVID-19 cases related
to schools are posted on juneauschools.org (click on the green “COVID-19 Cases” block).
Statewide, DHSS reports 152 new people identified with COVID-19 – 147 are
residents and five are nonresidents. The state also reports two recent deaths bringing the total number of resident deaths to 834:
Alaska has had 143,598 cumulative resident cases of COVID-19 and a total of 5,376 nonresidents.
Juneau vaccine update:
For more information, read CBJ’s Emergency Operations Center Reports here.
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Lisa Phu
Public Information Officer
City & Borough of Juneau
(907) 586-5374
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