6 confirmed coronavirus cases in Alaska; restaurants across the state will close to dine-in services Wednesday

There are now six confirmed cases of coronavirus and restaurants and bars are closed to dine-in services as of Wednesday at 5 p.m. The announcements were made during a press conference Tuesday night.

The new cases are in Anchorage and Fairbanks. Alaska Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink said the Anchorage and Fairbanks are travel related.

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A fourth person has tested positive for COVID 19, according to the Ketchikan Emergency Operations Center. Reports say that the person was a Ketchikan Borough employee who had recently traveled to the lower 48. This brings the total count of positive test results for COVID 19 up to four in the last week following the cargo pilot in Anchorage last Thursday and two men from Fairbanks on Monday night.

“This is the time for Alaskans to pull together. There’s no reason to panic. We understand this virus enough to understand what it can do. We do believe it will be coming to Alaska. We do believe it will have more individuals in Alaska impacted and affected, certainly going to impact the way we do things in Alaska we’re going to have to change our lifestyles a bit," Dunleavy said on Monday.

The man who tested positive in Ketchikan is an employee of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough and self-isolated upon experiencing symptoms after traveling to the Lower 48. Governor Dunleavy has announced a press conference for 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As of the 12:30 update to the Department of Health and Social Services case count for COVID 19, 334 tests have been administered to Alaskans with only three positives currently listed.