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Update, 6:45 p.m. Tuesday: Alaska officials on Tuesday evening announced an additional two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Anchorage and Fairbanks, bringing the state’s total to six. Officials also announced a prohibition of dine-in services at restaurants, bars and cafes statewide, effective 5 p.m. Wednesday.

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An individual in Ketchikan who “has a history of travel to the lower 48” has tested positive for COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus, according to a statement Tuesday from the Ketchikan Emergency Operations Center.

“Upon experiencing symptoms of illness, the individual self-isolated and sought testing through a Ketchikan clinic,” the statement said. “The individual is an employee of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough.”

Borough employees who came in direct contact with the individual will self-quarantine for at least 14 days, officials said. Public health officials in Ketchikan will investigate the extent of the individual’s contacts and ask others to isolate themselves as needed, according to the joint statement from the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, City of Ketchikan and City of Saxman.

The White Cliff Building, which houses borough offices, is closed until further notice and will receive “a thorough commercial disinfectant service” for the building, said officials, who urged people to wash their hands and practice social distancing.

The announcement marks Alaska’s fourth confirmed case of COVID-19. The others involved a cargo pilot traveling through Anchorage’s international airport, and two older individuals in Fairbanks who had been traveling in areas of the Lower 48 that had seen community transmission of the coronavirus.