Active cases jump to 27

Petersburg has reached 27 active cases of COVID-19 according to the Petersburg Medical Center's COVID-19 Dashboard which was last updated Tuesday.

The Petersburg School District has also begun reporting cases after students returned to school this week.

As of Wednesday, Rae C. Stedman Elementary School had three active cases and four on quarantine, Mitkof Middle School had two active cases and one on quarantine, and Petersburg high school had three active cases and four on quarantine.

According to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, Alaska reported 4,521 new cases Tuesday-the state'...