The COVID-19 break out at a local seafood processing plant has expanded. Tests of more than 100 workers at Alaska Glacier Seafoods revealed that 26 more people have the virus, according to a City and District of Juneau press release.
Nine workers of the plant checked positive recently It’s unclear the number of the brand-new cases are citizens and how many are non-residents. They’re all currently in isolation, according to the city.
Not all of the test outcomes have actually been reported yet from the 113 staff members who were tested on Wednesday. According to Robert Barr with Juneau’s Emergency situation Operations, they are waiting on results from 10 to 15 tests.
Statewide, there were a record 121 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, though Juneau’s 26 new cases are not included in that total. The city reported those prior to the state did.
That number does include 36 nonresident seafood workers in the Aleutians West Census Area, according to state information.
That area consists of the country’s busiest fishing port of Unalaska, where lots of seafood processors are based. It is presently unclear where the break out was based and whether it was confined to one processor.
The cases also included 82 resident cases, the second-highest number of residents to check positive in a da