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The latest count was part of a trend in Alaska of declining infections over the last two months. Hospitalizations are now less than a quarter of what they were during a peak in November and December that strained hospital capacity.

By Friday, there were 38 people with COVID-19 in hospitals throughout the state, including five on ventilators. Another five patients were believed to be infected with the virus.

The COVID-19 vaccine reached Alaska in mid-December. By Friday, 151,602 people — about

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