Health

On June 29, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation confirmed an additional case of COVID-19 in a Y-K Delta village. The corporation is not releasing the name of the village, but says that the affected individual is not a Y-K Delta resident. This is the 13th case of COVID-19 announced by YKHC.

The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation was notified on June 25 that a Bethel resident tested positive for COVID-19 while at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage. YKHC said that the individual has been out of the region for over a week, and was not in Bethel while they were considered infectious. The individual is self-isolating in Anchorage; contact tracing and follow-up testing will be managed there as well. This marks the 12th case of COVID-19 related to the region announced by YKHC.

The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation will begin offering free, weekly coronavirus testing to anyone concerned about possible exposure to the virus.

For the first time, there are indications of community spread of the novel coronavirus occurring in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation announced on June 25 that it “believes there is a strong likelihood of community spread” of COVID-19 occurring in Napaskiak. A resident of the village initially tested positive for the virus last week.

The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation has announced the 11th case of COVID-19 related to the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

On Wednesday, June 24, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation announced that a Bethel resident tested positive for COVID-19. YKHC said that the individual is in self-isolation now, but had previously traveled to a regional village while they were infectious.

The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation announced that it received news on June 22 that a Bethel resident tested positive for COVID-19 while elsewhere in Alaska.

A resident from a Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta village was in Bristol Bay when they tested positive for the coronavirus on June 18.

A Quinhagak resident and a Napaskiak resident tested positive for coronavirus on June 12 and June 15 respectively. The Quinhagak resident was at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage, and the Napaskiak resident was in Bethel when they were tested. On June 18, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation announced that it had tested close contacts of the positive cases using rapid testing, and those returned negative.