Tribal Emergency Operations Center: 4.5.21 Update on COVID-19

Providing current news on the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) to protect the safety and well-being of Tlingit & Haida's citizens, clients, employees and communities.

CONTACT:

Tribal Emergency Operations Center (TEOC)

907.463.7368 ∙ communications@ccthita-nsn.gov

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 5, 2021

Tlingit & Haida is committed to providing current information on the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic to ensure all tribal citizens remain informed and have the resources needed to stay safe. Below is a brief update from Tlingit & Haida’s Tribal Emergency Operations Center.

Note: Due to the increase in cases statewide, certain areas of the State of Alaska's data entry are lagging far behind real-time. As a result, they have removed the active and recovered case counts from the data hub to prevent inaccurate or outdated information from being reported.

The total number of cumulative positive COVID-19 cases in Alaska as of yesterday is 64,001 including 118 new resident cases and 4 new non-resident cases reported. Of these cases, 57,092 are under investigation, 756 individuals had a recent history of travel and 6,153 were close contact, community or unknown. There has been a total of 1,413 hospitalizations, 428,081 vaccinations and 313 deaths. To view Southeast Alaska cases, case counts by high tribal citizen populations, and U.S. breakdowns, see below.

If you think you have been exposed to COVID-19 and develop a fever with symptoms, such as a cough or difficulty breathing, contact your local healthcare provider for medical advice.

*The Alaska COVID-19 data is derived from the Alaska Coronavirus Response Hub developed by the State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services. Alaska resident cases are reported by place of resident, and includes Alaskan residents diagnosed and isolated out-of-state. Non-resident cases are reported by place of diagnosis. Communities with fewer than 1,000 residents are combined at the borough/census area level to protect patient privacy. Counts by residency status and place are subject to change as additional information is collected during case investigations. Source: Alaska Department of Health and Social Services

SOUTHEAST ALASKA TOTAL CASES

Southeast Alaska Total Cases by Community:

There are 2,445 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Southeast Alaska including 3 new resident cases reported in Juneau and 1 new non-resident case reported in Juneau. Of these cases, 79 have been hospitalized and 10 deaths have been recorded.

Haines Borough: 29
Juneau City & Borough: 1,309
Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 397
Petersburg Borough: 161
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 86
Craig: 10
Metlakatla: 15
Other: 61
Sitka City & Borough: 334
Skagway: 20
Wrangell City & Borough: 37
Yakutat-Hoonah-Angoon: 72

CASE COUNTS BY HIGH TRIBAL CITIZEN POPULATIONS

California*:

Confirmed Cases: 3,656,939
Deaths: 59,292
Vaccinated: 33.2%

*Reported by the Los Angeles Times as of

2:24 PM (PST) on April 5, 2021.

Washington*:

Confirmed Cases: 344,516
Deaths: 5,278
Vaccinated: 3,471,343

*Reported by Washington State Department of Health as of 11:59 PM (PST) on April 2, 2021.

UNITED STATES CASE COUNT UPDATE

United States COVID-19 Cases:

Total Confirmed: 30,769,369*
Total Deaths: 555,377
Jurisdictions reporting cases: 55 (50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands)

*United States COVID-19 data is derived from an interactive dashboard developed by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at John Hopkins University that tracks the COVID-19 spread in

real-time. Data was pulled at 1:20 PM AKDT on April 5, 2021.

RESOURCE HIGHLIGHT

Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID)

The Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID) promotes the rapid sharing of data from all influenza viruses and the Coronavirus causing COVID-19. GISAID seeks to help researchers understand how viruses evolve and spread during epidemics and pandemics, and features the latest scientific data and analysis of the Coronavirus and other viruses currently affecting the world.

GISAID resources include:

Free access credentials allowing you to register and join researchers around the globe.
Frequently Asked Questions with answers about the GISAID initiative ‘public vs. anonymous data sharing’.
Publish with GISAID references.
Submit your data and genetic sequences to share in a responsible manner.
Tutorials and videos to improve your skills with guided lessons of the EpiFlu™ database.
Conferences & workshops including symposiums and training.
To learn more about GISAID, visit their website at www.gisaid.org

RECENT NEWS & ALERTS

Alaska Tourism Is Ailing but Not from Covid — There’s good money to be made ferrying sightseers from the Lower 48 to Alaska on cruise ships. But unless the tour stops over in Canada—or some other foreign port—the Passenger Vessel Services Act of 1886 says the carrier must be flagged in the U.S. and owned, built and crewed by Americans. (The Wallstreet Journal)
Alaska Tribes to Receive Over $1B in Federal COVID-19 Relief — Alaska tribes will receive over $1 billion from the $1.9 trillion federal coronavirus relief bill from March. (KINY)
Virus Variants Threaten to Draw Out the Pandemic, Scientists Say — Declining infection rates overall masked a rise in more contagious forms of the coronavirus. Vaccines will stop the spread if Americans postpone celebration just a bit longer. (The New York Times)
India Breaks Its Single-Day Case Record with More Than 100,000 New Infections — India on Monday recorded its biggest daily jump in coronavirus infections, joining only a handful of countries, including the United States, to cross the threshold of 100,000 new cases in a single day. (NPR)
Another US Covid-19 Surge May Look Different, Experts Say, Particularly for Younger People. Here's How — Experts say Covid-19 vaccinations in the US are going extremely well -- but not enough people are protected yet and the country may be at the start of another surge. (CNN Health)

COVID-19 RESOURCES

It is imperative that our tribal citizens continue to hunker down and shelter in place, follow federal, state, tribal and local health mandates, and stay informed on the COVID-19 pandemic to keep ourselves and our families safe.

Tlingit & Haida's Tribal Emergency Operations Center (TEOC)

The Tribal Emergency Operations Center (TEOC) was created to enable Tlingit & Haida to provide timely, integrated, and coordinated responses to the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic that addresses the four phases of emergency management: mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. The activation of the TEOC is not due to any identified cases within the Tribe. All actions are aimed at protecting the safety and well-being of Tlingit & Haida’s citizens, clients, employees and communities.