COVID-19

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 29, 2020 Contact: Alexis Erikson, Public Relations Specialist Phone: (907) 443-8918   Nome, Alaska – On Saturday, November 28, Norton Sound Health Corporation identified three positive COVID-19 results. NSHC considers the first patient’s virus acquisition as a close contact case. The origin of the second case is still under investigation. Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 27, 2020 Contact: Sarah Richards, Public Relations Specialist Phone: (907) 443-4591 Over NSHC’s Thanksgiving and 50th Anniversary holiday, seven new COVID-19 cases were identified. On Thursday, November 26, one case of COVID-19 was confirmed in a Nome resident. The source of the virus is still under investigation. On Friday, November Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 25, 2020 Contact: Alexis Erikson, Public Relations Specialist Phone: (907) 443-8918 Sixteen Positive COVID-19 Results in One Day On November 25, Norton Sound Health Corporation identified sixteen positive COVID-19 results. The addition of these sixteen positive COVID-19 results brings the total number of active cases in Nome to 54. The Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 23, 2020 Contact: Sarah Richards, Public Relations Specialist Phone: (907) 443-4591 Nome, Alaska – On November 23, Norton Sound Health Corporation received six positive COVID-19 results. There are currently 46 active cases in Nome and five active cases in the region’s villages. Two patients, one resident of Nome and one Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 23, 2020 Contact: Sarah Richards, Public Relations Specialist Phone: (907) 443-4591 Nome, Alaska– Late in the evening on November 22, Norton Sound Health Corporation received one positive COVID-19 result. The patient, who is a non-resident of the region, tested in accordance with the City of Nome travel mandate. They are Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 22, 2020 Contact: Alexis Erikson, Public Relations Specialist Phone: (907) 443-8918 On November 22, Norton Sound Health Corporation received one positive COVID-19 result. The patient who tested positive for COVID-19 is a resident of Nome, where they are safely isolating until recovered. This case is considered to be travel related. Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 22, 2020 Contact: Alexis Erikson, Public Relations Specialist Phone: (907) 443-8918 On November 21, 2020, Norton Sound Health Corporation identified five new cases of COVID-19 in Nome. All patients are close contacts of previously identified cases. The addition of these five positive COVID-19 results brings the total number of active Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 20, 2020 Contact: Sarah Richards, Public Relations Specialist Phone: (907) 443-4591 Nome, Alaska – On November 20, Norton Sound Health Corporation confirmed sixteen positive COVID-19 cases in the region. Thirteen patients tested positive in Nome. Of these cases, 12 patients have been identified as close contacts of previous cases and Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 19, 2020 Contact: Alexis Erikson, Public Relations Specialist Phone: (907) 443-8918 On November 19, Norton Sound Health Corporation identified seven positive COVID-19 cases; six patients are residents of Nome and one patient is a non-resident of the region. Two of the cases identified are travel related; one is a resident Read More