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Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Case rates steady on southern peninsula

Thirteen more Alaskans reported dead of COVID-19.

Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Peninsula man dies of COVID-19

Southern Kenai Peninsula man 80 or older is one of seven new Alaska deaths.

Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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COVID-19 cases rise slightly

Reporting error skews southern peninsula test results on state dashboard.

Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Lower peninsula drops into substanial alert level

Six more Alaska deaths reported.

Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Three Kenai women die of COVID-19

Omicron BA.2 variant on rise in Alaska.

Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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No new COVID-19 deaths

CDC puts Kenai Peninsula in medium alert level.

This graph created by South Peninsula Hospital shows the trends in the COVID-19 and omicron wave over the past 12 weeks though March 9 based on data collected through the hospital, with information on percentage of positive cases (brown line), monoclonal antibody infusions (green line), emergency room visits (yellow line) and hospital admissions (orange line). Except for ER visits, there has been a general decline since the week ending March 2. (Graph by South Peninsula Hospital)

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COVID-19 cases up slightly

CDC puts Kenai Peninsula in low or green alert level based on lower hospitalization rates.

A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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2 more die of COVID-19 on southern peninsula

Latest deaths were reported following death certificate reviews.

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Clayton Holland speaks during a board meeting on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Contact tracing, masking to end at schools Friday

The district announced new changes to its COVID-19 protocol on Monday

CDC.gov A map of COVID-19 Community Levels by county show the Kenai Peninsula have a “medium” community level on Friday, Feb. 24, 2022.

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CDC: Many more can ditch masks, for now

The agency is now only advising universal masking in regions where community COVID level is high

This chart shows the local effect of the omicron COVID-19 variant wave in Homer since Dec. 22, 2021, as seen in tests and patients at South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, Alaska. Although positive cases were high, hospitalizations were low. For the week ending March 1, there was one emergency room visit and no hospitalizations, and positive cases and monoclonal antibody infusions had dropped — a sign that the latest wave of the pandemic may be subsiding. (Image by South Peninsula Hospital)

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COVID rate continues dropping

‘We’re on the back side of the omicron wave,’ Public Health nurse tells Homer City Council.

Central Peninsula Hospital is seen in Soldotna on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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As COVID cases fall statewide, hospital feels relief

COVID cases have been plummeting in Alaska since mid-January

A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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COVID rate continues dropping

Reported death was one of 27 new deaths reported last week.