Kodiak’s 10th death from the pandemic was a resident in his 60s from Old Harbor who succumbed to the virus in December, according to Kodiak’s Emergency Operations Center. The resident passed away in Anchorage, and the fatality was not related to the recent local surge in cases, which was largely linked to holiday travel and the omicron variant. Alaska’s official COVID-19 dashboard accounted for the fatality because it happened off the island, but Kodiak’s local dashboard – which accounts for on-island cases and deaths – did not. The EOC updated its data this week.
In its latest update on Wednesday, Jan. 27, Kodiak’s EOC recorded 383 active local cases of COVID-19. That’s slightly less than earlier this week. Although, hospitalizations doubled in that same time; the EOC currently lists 5 hospitalizations on the island.
Since the start of the pandemic, Kodiak Island Borough has recorded 4,396 local cases of the virus and 114 local hospitalizations.