As of yesterday, Alaska reported 27 new COVID-19 cases, the largest one-day increase reported since the start of the pandemic.
Cases have spiked since Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy loosened restrictions put into place to guard against the virus' spread.
On April 24th The State of Alaska began easing restrictions on businesses.
Governor Dunleavy says he expected case numbers would rise and the state would respond to any spikes or clusters.
But Sunday's count was the most single-day cases since 22 were reported April 6. The state now has 460 total cases.
The state's death count remains at 10, and a death attributed to COVID-19 hasn't been recorded since May 5.

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