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    COVID-19
    COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)
    COVID-19: Cases slow statewide; hospitalizations rise
    By Jacob Dye • February 9, 2023 1:30 am

    61 people are hospitalized with COVID-19 in Alaska

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    COVID-19 cases continue to climb
    By Jacob Dye • February 2, 2023 8:55 am

    Statewide hospitalizations decreased slightly

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    COVID-19: Hospitalizations jump, 4th consecutive week of rising cases
    COVID-19: Hospitalizations jump, 4th consecutive week of rising...
    By Jacob Dye • January 25, 2023 1:30 am

    Four patients are on ventilators and two are located in the Gulf Coast region

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    COVID-19: 2nd week of statewide case increase; hospitalizations...
    By Jacob Dye • January 18, 2023 1:30 am

    In the Gulf Coast region one patient was reported hospitalized with COVID-19

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    South Peninsula Hospital employees remove COVID-19 testing signs from South Peninsula Hospital test site Friday Jan. 13, 2023. (Photo from Derotha Ferraro/South Peninsula Hospital)
    South Peninsula Hospital closes COVID test and vaccine...
    By Emilie Springer • January 18, 2023 1:30 am

    In its peak, the test and vaccine site employed 15 people, and was averaging 100-150 swabs a day.

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    COVID-19: Statewide cases and hospitalizations up
    COVID-19: Statewide cases and hospitalizations up
    By Jacob Dye • January 11, 2023 1:30 am

    That makes the largest increase reported since Sept. 14

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    COVID-19: Hospitalizations down, borough cases spike
    By Jacob Dye • January 5, 2023 1:30 am

    Early Tuesday, the state reported that a data issue had delayed the update of hospitalization info since Dec. 14

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    COVID-19: Hospitalizations steady; cases down statewide
    By Jacob Dye • December 27, 2022 1:30 am

    40 patients are hospitalized with COVID-19

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    COVID-19 cases continue to spike
    By Jacob Dye • December 6, 2022 1:30 am

    Cases rise in Kenai Peninsula Borough for 3rd straight week

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    Anna Lewald, left, a registered nurse at South Peninsula Hospital, gives Dave Aplin, right, an influenza vaccine at a flu and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine clinic Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Health officials urge vax, mitigation ahead of virus...
    By Jacob Dye • November 23, 2022 1:30 am

    Health officials hope to mitigate the strain on hospitals this winter due to COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus

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    Nurse Sherra Pritchard gives Madyson Knudsen a bandage at the Kenai Public Health Center after the 10-year-old received her first COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion file)
    Fewer than 50% of Alaska kids completing routine...
    By Jacob Dye • November 23, 2022 1:30 am

    This was compared to 2013, when more than 60% were completing routine vaccinations

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    COVID Hospitalizations hit low not seen since April
    By Jacob Dye • October 21, 2022 1:30 am

    In the United States as a whole, cases have been trending downward

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    Hospitalizations see uptick; COVID cases still declining
    By Jacob Dye • October 13, 2022 1:30 am

    South Peninsula Hospital reports zero hospitalizations and one emergency room visit related to COVID-19

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