After a mid-July surge to 1,021 COVID-19 infections among tourists at sea in a single week, the state Health Department reports the case count the past two weeks fell to an average of 550 per week.
The record number of infections among non-residents, which the state refers to as “at-sea, purpose tourism,” was reported July 20.
The July 27 count was down to 517, then 583 on Aug. 3. The state reports COVID statistics once a week, every Wednesday.
At-sea cases averaged less than 450 a week from the start of the cruise ship season to mid-July.
In communities statewide, a total of 3,284 new cases were reported Aug. 3 over the previous seven days, an increase from 2,946 cases reported the prior week, with 17,317 cases in the past month. The numbers do not include at-home tests, which have become increasingly popular but don’t get reported.
Alaska’s seven-day infection rate per 100,000 people has declined the past few weeks and now ranks 13th among U.S. states, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracking website.
Wrangell’s seven-day case count as of Aug. 3 was down to just a dozen new infections, after 96 infections were reported in the past month.
The community has recorded 755 cases over the past two and a half years, according to state Health Department statistics.
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