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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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 18, 2020 Contact: Alexis Erikson, Public Relations Specialist Phone: (907) 443-8918   On November 18, Norton Sound Health Corporation identified 3 new positive cases of COVID-19. NSHC has considered the first patient’s virus acquisition as community spread. The patients agreed to allow NSHC to share their home community of Nome, Read More

Norton Sound Health Corporation has put together a new Data Dashboard graphic to help visualize current numbers related to the spread of COVID-19. This will be updated weekly, and includes information such as total positive cases identified by NSHC, unique patients tested, total tests completed, hospitalizations, death count, gender, age, primary residence, active cases, and Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 18, 2020 Contact: Alexis Erikson, Public Relations Specialist Phone: (907) 443-8918 On November 17, Norton Sound Health Corporation identified four positive COVID-19 cases. The first patient, a resident of Nome, tested positive in accordance with the City of Nome’s testing and quarantine mandate related to travel. NSHC considers the other Read More