COVID-19 Spirals Upward in Alaska: Outbreak in Adak, Hospitals Overwhelmed Throughout State
With Covid cases continuing to spiral upward — over 1,470 last weekend and 691 reported yesterday — Alaska is facing a fall and winter clearly worse than they’ve seen so far.
* Nine new cases were reported in Adak, the nation’s westernmost city and one nearly untouched by the virus.
* Adak had one positive case nine months ago and nothing before or since until visitors to the island, as yet unidentified as to their purpose, brought nine cases to Adak yesterday.
* Eight deaths reported in the last three days bring ...
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