Alaska COVID-19 Count Friday April 24, 2020 - Again 2 More Cases

The trend is good.  I'm tempted to point out that there were 469 new tests and only 2 positives.  But the dates of tests and when positives get on the State's charts don't necessarily match.  But still, the number of positives and tests over the last week or so means we have a very low number of positives.

And while reports elsewhere suggest that there are many more undetected positives than actually tested positives, we aren't seeing a surge in tested positives, new hospitalizations, or deaths.  That could mean that there aren't as many undetected positives, few people who get infected in Alaska get sick enough to get tested, that self-isolation is working, or . . . (I'm leaving that extra or in there because I'm sure I'm not coming up with all the possible explanations.)

For anyone who wants to see Alaska's numbers compared to those of other states, this Google Doc Spreadsheet (not sure who put it up) consolidates data from different sources.  It shows Alaska, as of today, the state with the fewest documented cases.  It also says we have 16 tests per 1000 people.  But it also says we have had more tests than the State numbers offered today.  And there are by my quick count, 16 states with higher test/capita scores.   One other note:  yesterday there were 209 recovered and today there are only 208.  I think it's good that the State corrects the numbers.  It would be nice if there was a place on the site that explained those corrections.

CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES ALASKA MARCH/APRIL 2020
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
new/total	hos=hospital		12th  = 0/0	13th = 1/1	14th = 0/1	15th = 0/1
16th = 0/1	17th = 2/3	18th = 3/6	19th = 3/9	20th = 3/12	21st= 2/14	22nd= 8/22
23rd=14/36	24th =6/42 1 hos 1 dead	25th = 17/59 3 hos 1 dead	26th = 10/69 3 hos 1 dead	27th =16/89 5 hos 2 dead	28th = 13/102 6 hos 2 dead	29th= 12/114 7 hos  3 dead
30th=5/119 7 hos 3 dead	31st= 14/133 9 hos 3 dead
April 2020		1st=  10/143 9 hos 3 dead	2nd=8(6)/149 13 hos 3 dead	3rd=8(11)157 15 hos 3 dead	4th=15/171 16 hos 5 dead	5th= 14/185 20 hos 6 dead
6th=6/191 23 hosp 6 dead	7th= 22/213 23 hosp 6 Dead29 recovered	8th= 13/226 27 hosp 7 dead 32 recovered	9th= 9/235 27 hosp 7 dead 49 recovered	10th=11/246 28 hosp 7 dead 55 recovered	11th=11/257 31 hosp 8 dead 63 recovered	12th= 15/272 31 hosp 8 dead 66 recovered
13th= 5/277 32 Hosp 8 dead 85 Recovered	14th = 8/285 32 Hosp 9 dead 98 Recovered	15th= 8/293 34 Hosp 9 dead 106 Recovered	16th= 7/300 35 hosp 9 dead 110 recovered	17th=  9/309 36 hosp 9 dead 128 recovered	18th =  5/315 36 hos 9 dead 147 Recovered	19th= 4/319 36 hos 9 dead 153Recovered
20th 2/321 36 hos 9 dead 161 recovered	21st 8/329 36 hos 9 dead 168 recovered	22nd  6/335 36 hos  9 dead 196recovered	23nd  2/337 36 hos  9 dead 209recovered	24th  2/339 36 hos  9 dead 208recovered (-1 from 4/23)
		Hospital and dead figures are total to date, not new on that date

State Charts

Again - the chart above is a high resolution screen shot.  If you click on it, it will enlarge and focus.  But only the chart below is interactive.  Scroll right to see it all, run your cursor over it to see all the bells and whistles.  Or go to the State site where there are more charts.

Cases depicted above represent permanent residency of the infected person, and may not reflect where the person is located currently, or was located when exposed or diagnosed.

My Day-To-Day Chart

Alaska Covid-19 Data NewFor... by Steve on Scribd

 All these daily Alaska COVID-19 Count posts can be accessed here.  (You will have to click "older posts" at the bottom to see additional pages since these take up a lot of room.)