The state Department of Health and Social Services says two more Alaskans died of the COVID-19 illness brought on by the coronavirus and 14 more people were diagnosed with the disease. The department says a middle-aged man from Anchor Point developed symptoms and subsequently died of COVID-19 out of state March 29. The department says an older woman Fairbanks who was confirmed as a positive case March 27 died Friday. The state now has a total of 171 cases of COVID-19, and four deaths.
