Alaska COVID-19 Count Monday April 13, 2020 - 5 New Cases, 19 New Recoveries

Only five new cases, one new hospitalization.  But the number of tests shown is less than what was shown before.  Perhaps they are adjusting previous numbers, but the number of new cases could be lower because there were fewer tests.  I don't know.  But numbers of hospitalized and dead are not dependent on testing and dead hasn't changed and hospitalizations only went up 1.

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
		Hospital and dead figures are total to date, not new on that date

State Charts today

Above is the screenshot of today's main chart at the state website. You can enlarge and focus by clicking on it.  I put it here so I can check future reports against past reports.  Today's report, for instance, shows in the chart on numbers of tests, fewer total tests than it showed yesterday.  (Based on my two tracking charts and the screenshot from yesterday.  The new chart shows four more tests for April 12 than April 11.)  I tried using the bar on top of the chart to look at previous dates, but while it worked well in the past, it's giving me incorrect numbers in the right column and the other charts aren't changing back to the days they were originally posted.

I'd note that the State site has a lot more info than I'm duplicating here.  The version below is interactive.  .

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-by-day chart

Scribd is doing funny stuff with my embed attempts today, so I'm just pasting this in like this.

Date of Report	total deaths	new deaths	total hospitalizations  (cumulative - not current)	new hospital      izations	Total to date pos/confirmed	New pos	Total tests to date	Total Tests to date Negative	Recovered	Data from State Covid-19 Webpage.  Site replaces previous day data with new data, so older data not available.  I started tracking 3/11.  3/27 reformatting chart because changes in State reports made old format difficult.  These charts are posted daily along with the State Charts at https://whatdoino-steve.blogspot.com/search/label/Alaska%20COVID-19%20Count
Wed  3/11/20					0	0	60	60
Thur  3/12/20					0	0	59	59		Stare reported one less than previous day
Fri 3/13/20					1	1	144	143
Mon 3/16/20					1	0	251	250
Tue 3/17/20					3	2	337	334
Wed 3/18/20					6	3	406	400
Thur 3/19/20					9	3	513	504
Fri 3/20/20					12	3	698	686
Sat 3/21/20					14	2	772	768
Sun 3/22/20					22	8	968	946
Mon 3/23/20					36	14	1022	986
Tue 3/24/20	1	1	1	1	42	6	1713	1671
Wed 3/25/20	1	0	3	2	59	17	1850	1791
Thu 3/26/20	1	0	3	0	69	10	2388	2319
Fri  3/27/20	2	1	5	2	85	16	2922	2837			fixed 3/30/20
Sat 3/28/20	2	0	6	1	102	17	3334	3217*		*corrected
Sun 3/29/20	3	1	7	1	114	12	3654	3642
Mon 3/30/20	3	0	7	0	119	5	3713	3654
Tue 3/31/20	3	0	9	2	133	14	4603	4470
April
Wed 4/01/20	3	0	9	0	143	10	5124	4981
Thu 4/02/20	3	0	13	4	149	6*	5530	5383		*State changed reporting time so their report today shows overlap from yesterday. I’ve counted just the new ones since yesterday
Fri 4/03/20	3	0	15	2	157	8*	6016	5859		Still some inconsistencies on State site
Sat 4/4/20	5	2	16	1	171	14	6040	5869		#s of tests  and new cases don’t add up right on State site
Sun 4/5/20	6	1	20	4	185	14	6284	6099
Mon 4/6/20	6	0	23	3	191	6	6883	6692
Tue 4/7/20	6	0	23	0	213	22	6913	6700	29*	* State Report added recovered today, new cases in tab with cumulative.
Wed 4/8/20	7	1	27	3	226	13	7068	6842	32
Thu 4/9/20	7	0	27	0	235	9	7223	6988	49
Fri 4/10/20	7	0	28	1	246	11	7432	7186	55
Sat 4/11/20	8	1	31	3	257	11	7732	7475	63
Sun 4/12/20	8	0	31	0	272	15	8038	7766	66
Mon 4/13/20	8	0	32	1	277	5	7830		66	# of tests inconsistent with yesterday’s totals

Save The Post Office - Send Letters To Family, Friends, Teachers, Strangers, Legislators

The US Post Office is losing lots of money because of the COVID-19 closings.    It's reported that Trump threatened to veto the relief package if aid for the Post Office was included.  Trump has been at war with the Post Office at least since 2018 when he wanted them to charge Amazon more for their  postal deliveries.  I'd note that Amazon owner Jeff Bezos also owns the Washington Post, one of Trump's many perceived media enemies.  And now people are saying Trump's opposition to the funding is related to suppressing voting-by-mail.

Our first post master was Benjamin Franklin who pushed hard for a postal service.  He was also a printer and newspaper publisher and having a post office made distributing the news a lot easier.  But at this point I'm backing Ben Franklin over Donald Trump.  

So I'm pushing for everyone to start sending letters.  Letters mean more than a phone call or an email or text.  They say you cared to spend a little more time to think about what you wanted to say and to get an envelope and mail it.  And they can be easily read long in the future.  My only connections to my grandparents, for instance, are letters they wrote long before I was born.  

So, who should you write too?

• Grandkids - they love getting mail
• Grandparents
• Parents
• Kids
• Aunts and Uncles

Let them know you're thinking about them.  Who else?

• Let favorite teachers know how much they meant to you
• The same for other people who had important influences on you that they may not realize
• Write your members of Congress to tell them to make sure the Post Office survives
• Find names and addresses at random on line and write a stranger
• Pay your bills by mail

But in these lockdown days, you don't want to expose yourself to a post office crowd to buy stamps.  No problem.  You can register with the post office online  and order stamps for home delivery. Here are some of the stamps available right now.  

Feel daunted by writing a letter?  Here's a link with how to do it.  And since must people are home, there's lots more time to write.  And show your kids how to send a letter.  

The Post Office is an important way for people to be connected.  Even with email and texting, a letter is something personal.  You touched the letter, your handwriting is on it.  You can slip in something - a drawing, a photo, stickers, a four leaf clover, a cartoon you cut out of the newspaper.  

In rural areas, where it's not economical for UPS to go, the Post Office keeps people connected.  And the post office connects people all around the world.  Imagine, three or four short lines on an envelope, and the post office will get it to the right person anywhere in the world in a week or two.  

And voting by mail means that attempts to suppress the vote by limiting polling stations, making people wait in long lines, any time, but especially during a pandemic like what happened in Wisconsin last week, doesn't have to happen.  Greg Palast is someone who tracks voting problems.  Here's a link to one of Greg's recent posts.

There are potential problems with mail-in voting like with any other type of voting.  But there are recountable paper ballots when you vote by mail.  

So, support the Post Office;  surprise a friend or family member, let your Members of Congress know what you think, pay your bills, using an envelope and stamps to support the post office.  

Alaska COVID-19 Count Sunday April 12, 2020 - 15 New Cases, 3 New Recoveries

All the rest is unchanged from yesterday.


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 Dead 29 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
		Hospital and dead figures are total to date, not new on that date

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.

This Cumulative Cases By Day graph in the lower left of the chart above, appears to be new. I've checked my previous screenshots of this chart and it wasn't there.   And is a welcome addition.  Soon my posts will be redundant as the State puts up all the things I've felt were needed to be up.



My Day-By-Day Chart

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

Stay distanced. Stay healthy.  Lean on your legislators to get more tests out so we can go get out of isolation sooner than later.  I didn't say 'back to normal' because I hope we'll be rethinking what 'normal' means and find a new, more humane, normal.  One that puts people above profits.

Alaska COVID-19 Count April 11, 2020 - 11 More Pos, 1 New Death, 3 New Hospitalized

The State of Alaska says our population is 731,007.  Today's stats say that 7731 people have been tested for COVID-19.   So just slightly over 1 percent of Alaskans have been tested.
Worldometer reports (today) says the US has tested 7,929 people per million, while Alaska has tested 10,470 per million.  Twelve other states have a higher test per million score.  New York's on top with 22,478 per million.

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
		Hospital and dead figures are total to date, not new on that date

STATE CHARTS

Above is the screenshot for today.  Click on it to enlarge and focus.  Below is the interactive version from the State site.  

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.

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

You can see all these specific COVID-19 count posts here.   At this point there probably isn't much need to do that unless you want to see all the historical reports from the State.  The new charts allow you to go back and look at the charts to April 1.  What most people might need is probably in the tables  I've made.  

What The Governor Vetoed And What He Didn't

From an email from my State Senator Elvi Jackson-Gray.
I really am not sure what it all means.  There's not enough total context.  I put it up just to get it into people's consciousness and so you can all start asking more questions.

Senate Bill 205 Operating Budget  I have included a non-exhaustive list of line-item vetoes proposed by Governor Dunleavy below, but you can find a full list at the link: https://bit.ly/2wlvDhF $30 million in Education and Early Childhood Development $36.7 million Regional Educational Attendance Area Deposit $12.5 million University of Alaska $100 million School Bond Debt Reimbursement $4.3 million Pre-K $1.05 billion transfer to the corpus of the Permanent Fund for inflation proofing $15.5 million Alaska Marine Highway $16.2 million AMHS crew quarters $31 million Medicaid $3.4 million Ocean Rangers $2 million Public Broadcasting $1 million Spill Prevention and Response $2 million Behavioral Health Treatment and Recovery Grants $2.7 million Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation $1 million Alaska Recidivism Reduction and Recovery project $3 million Alaska Housing Finance Corporation Weatherization $5 million Alaska Housing Finance Corporation Homeless COVID-19 Response $2 million Alaska Housing Finance Corporation Special Needs Housing $2.7 million Alaska Housing Finance Corporation Teacher Health and Public safety Professional Housing $3.4 million Medicaid Services $4.7 million Designated Evaluation and Treatment $334,000 from Appellate Courts $150,000 Rural Real ID Implementation.

Some Budget Items that were funded $99M to COVID-19 response and relief $135.6M to Alaska State Troopers $14M to Village Public Safety Officer Program $5M to Disaster Relief Fund  $5M to Fire Risk Reduction Funding $34.8M to Pioneer Homes  $54M to the Alaska Marine Highway System $1.26B to fully fund Education Foundation Formula $28.5M to Behavioral Health Programs $7.2M to Homeless Assistance Program $65M for Capital Federal Match Program to Highways and Aviation