Valdez COVID-19 Unified CommandNEWS RELEASE # 046 For immediate release: 11/22/2020, 9:00 p.m.Valdez, AK – The community of Valdez received confirmation of three new resident cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. The three new resident cases are all adults with symptoms. All three patients are in isolation and following the guidance of their medical providers and public health officials. The contact investigation for all three cases is complete. Close contacts of all three patients have been notified and are in quarantine. The source investigations remain ongoing. Preliminary source investigation indicates no clear transmission source for any of the patients. Additionally, none of the three new cases appear to be linked to each other or the recent possible exposures within the local K-12 school system.