Alaska COVID-19 Count Monday April 27, 2020 - 4 New Cases, 1 New Hospitalization

After four days of two or fewer new cases, we're up to four today (well, today's number reflect what happened yesterday.)  And there's the first new hospitalization ten days.

We've have low numbers, but the governor's reopening of many businesses starting last Friday, with Anchorage's mayor following suit starting today suggests to me we're going to start seeing the numbers climb back up starting next weekend or so.

Tattoo shops are 'essential businesses' in Alaska now!  Do any of the shops tattoo Corona Virus images onto people?  With the price of oil tanked, the cruise industry tanked curtailing much of Alaska's summer tourism dollars, the governor appears to be ready to force through the opening of fishing, even though the small towns where tens of thousands of Outsiders will arrive to fish, are concerned they will be exposed to the virus and their small town health facilities, if they even have them, will be overwhelmed.  Quarantines and self distancing and masks seem to be enforced on a 'trust' basis.  By July Alaska, which has been doing relatively well in this pandemic, could well be one of the nation's hotspots.  I'm relatively confident that Anchorage's mayor will shut things back down if the numbers spike again, but I'm not that confident in the governor.  Initially his response followed closely medical recommendations, but now he's feeling the economic pressures.  Alaska thinks of itself as the state of fiercely independent folks, with the ideal being living in a remote cabin hunting and fishing and trapping one's meals.  The Iditarod is our ideal sport.  But apparently people can't even cut their own hair or survive with it a little longer or darker or whiter.  And many can't be bothered with masks.  Our good start looks doomed to me.  I hope I'm wrong.

My Calendar Chart

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)	25th  0/339 36 hos  9 dead 217recovered	26th  2/341 36 hos  9 dead 217recovered
27th  4/345 37 hos  9 dead 218recovered

Click on the chart to see it enlarged and focused.  But for an interactive version go to the State website.

For instance, on the lower left chart you can see daily where the new cases are from.  Two of the new cases yesterday are Anchorage and one is Fairbanks.  They don't have the fourth one up yet.  You can figure that out with the interactive chart.



My Day-By-Day Chart
(Checking the email version some people see this site on, I discovered this chart doesn't show up, except as a link.)

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

Did you notice that today is April 27?  Just three more days til the end of April.  I remember when I had to add April to my charts.  And soon it will be May.  Will Alaska break 600 cases in May?  A thousand?  Or will we keep our numbers low.  With early opening, I'm afraid we're going back up again.  It should take about ten days to two weeks to see if the opening bumps up the cases.