Alaska COVID-19 Count - State Offers Greatly Improved Way To See Numbers - 8 New Cases, 4 New Hospitalizations, No New Deaths [UPDATED]

[UPDATES, April 2, 2020, 8:30pm:  I've added some things in - most of which should be obvious because there in [brackets].  I've added a couple of links that aren't so obvious.]

The state has totally revamped how they report on COVID-19.  At the press conference today, Dr. Anne Zink was a superstar as she explained the new charts, why there are some discrepancies (they changed the daily reporting time, so today there is some overlap), gave info on COVID-19 and Alaska, and answered reporters' questions.  She's just incredible in her knowledge of what's all going on and her ability to unflappably and clearly explain things.  We are SO lucky to have her in charge of this.  And we're lucky our governor hands it all over to her and lets her talk without interrupting her.

I suspect I want to edit parts of this post.  Particularly the part I cut and pasted from the State site.  I just don't know how it's going to fit and work on here.  [It worked, actually.  You have to scroll to the right, but it's there and interactive.  Yeah.]

But for now I'm going to put this up and then have dinner.  Then I'll check back.

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(4)/147 13 hos 3 dead
		Hospital and dead figures are total to date, not new on that date

Here's the new way the State is presenting the data.  I haven't had time to think hard about this new format.  It's easier to see the basics, and it shows parts of the state affected better.

But it has 8 new cases for a total of 147.  But yesterday it said we had 143 cases, so some of those eight may have been in yesterday's total of ten.  [Dr. Zink clarified that this discrepancy comes from changing the time they make daily reports, so there is some overlap in the numbers today and yesterday.  But it will clear up from now on.  I've adjusted my chart below.  I suspect that also explains the discrepancy in numbers of tests yesterday and today.]

The number of hospitalizations is clarified today as cumulative, not how many are hospitalized right now.

Dr. Zink is giving an overview on the Corona Virus in Alaska explaining this in details.  She's mentioned as serology test approved by the FDA today to see if people have had the virus and have anti-bodies. [That will be good for folks who couldn't get tested earlier and think they might have had the test.  And also for people who were asymptomatic.]

Alaska is in the top ten states for testing most per capita.  We're the state with the fewest number of identified cases.  [If you use the 147 number here that seems to be true, but if you use the 151 that was mentioned in the press conference we're behind Wyoming, which doesn't have any deaths.  See this chart - which keeps updating.]

If you click on this image, it will enlarge it and focus so you can read it better.
This page is INTERACTIVE, so you should go there and play with it.  I've copied it and pasted it below, to see if I could capture the interactivity.  But it looks like it will go way off the page.  I'll try and later I'll see if I can make adjustments.  But you can link to the original state page here.

[Warning - if the cursor is on the map below when you scroll down the page, the map enlarges.  Also, part of the State report below goes way over to the right.  If you scroll down and everything is blank, it means you have to move back over to the left.]

Alaska Coronavirus Response Hub

Last updated April 2, 2020, 12:00 PM AKDT

Updates will occur at approximately 12:00 PM AKDT daily

COVID-19 is the infectious disease caused by the novel coronavirus. This new virus and disease were unknown to the population before the outbreak began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. 

This page provides information, maps and resources about the coronavirus response in our local area.

To view the full screen dashboard seen above please visit this link.

Now here's my updated version of the chart I started March 12 and adjusted.

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

[If you want to see why I'm so enthusiastic about Dr. Zink, you can watch today's press conference here.]