For the moment, daily case counts in Alaska are the highest they’ve ever been. Since the New Year, about 4.8% of all Alaskans tested positive for the virus.
Tiana Wang, right, and Emma Siegel, both fellows with the Alaska Fellows Program, pass out free, at-home COVID-19 tests to people during New Year’s Eve festivities in downtown Anchorage on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021.
Dr. Joe McLaughlin, Alaska’s chief epidemiologist, said on a recent call with reporters that in places like South Africa, Canada and the U.K., cases peaked recently and have since been trending downward. McLaughlin said he suspected that Alaska’s peak will occur just a few weeks behind some of those eastern U.S. states. The omicron wave hit Alaska roughly two weeks after it hit the East Coast, he said. The data is looking promising – from three to five weeks after large increases begin, countries and regions began to see their case counts fall.
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