Fourth person in Alaska tests positive for coronavirus

A fourth person in Alaska has tested positive for coronavirus. The person tested positive in Ketchikan, according to the Ketchikan Emergency Operations Center.

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Two people tested positive for coronavirus in the Fairbanks area.

Fairbanks Memorial Hospital officials made the announcement Monday night during a press conference.

The total is now at three for the state.

Alaska Chief Medical Officer Anne Zink said both are, “older individuals,” on a conference call during the press conference. Zink also classified the positive tests as, “travel associated cases.”

“Both had been in the Lower 48,” Zink said.

Both people are currently outpatients, and at home, Zink said.

The first positive case in Alaska was a cargo pilot who self quarantined almost immediately after flying into Ted Stevens International Airport last week.

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