Petersburg Indian Association has confirmed the results of its election for tribal council. The tribe has a lot planned for 2021, which includes COVID-assistance programs and other projects for the whole community.
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Petersburg Medical Center is operating in “red status” after two employees tested positive for COVID-19. Meanwhile, healthcare workers are treating local COVID patients through outpatient treatments after a recent surge in cases. The medical center wants people to get tested for even mild symptoms.
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Petersburg is seeing its highest COVID-19 active case count since the start of the pandemic and officials are cautioning about the virus spreading in the community. This outbreak has changed operations this week at the hospital and the schools. Petersburg’s emergency operations center Tuesday announced three more COVID positive test results, all in the same family and connected to other cases already announced. Petersburg is now reporting 10 active cases with eight new positives in the last week and a 2.4 percent positivity rate. That’s a rolling average of the number of cases per day based on the past week.
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Petersburg has seen seven community cases of COVID within this past week. At least three of the cases are considered travel related and three are community spread. Two of the new cases are among Petersburg Medical Center staff. That brings the total active cases to eight, which includes one resident who is currently out of state.
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The Petersburg Borough has lost sales tax revenue this year due to the pandemic like many other municipalities across Alaska. A new program that collects sales tax from online vendors is helping to make up some of the difference.
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