Public Media for Alaska's Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta

Person In 30s Dies Of COVID-19; 12th Coronavirus Related Death In Region

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

On Nov. 25, the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation announced that a resident of the region died due to complications of COVID-19. The individual was in their 30s. This is the second person in the Y-K Delta under the age of 40 that has died from the coronavirus. There have been 12 deaths related to the pandemic since it began, most of them Elders.

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Greg Kim was a news reporter for KYUK from 2019-2022.