Medicine Hat and Brooks COVID-19 numbers unchanged

In Brooks, the update shows 1,117 total cases — one active case and 1,107 recovered. There are nine deaths in Brooks.

The South Zone has 20 active cases, 1,240 recovered cases and has recorded nine deaths.

Across the province, 40 new cases of the virus were confirmed on Thursday. Alberta now has 7,316 total cases. There are 379 active cases, an increase of eight, and 6,788 recovered cases.

Chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw did not give an in-person update, but numbers on the provincial website show 149 total deaths, and 45 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19, six of which are in the ICU.

Hinshaw’s next in-person update is scheduled for Friday.

On May 11, the province began putting a more detailed chart online for each zone.

Cypress County is showing one active case and 20 recovered, while the County of Newell is showing one active case and 19 recovered.

The County of Forty Mile and Municipal District of Taber each have two confirmed cases both listed as recovered.

Special Areas No. 2 has no cases on the map. There was previously one recovered case and one death attributed to the region.

The City of Lethbridge has 33 cases, five listed as active and 28 recovered. Lethbridge County has one case currently considered active.

Read the full June 11 update from the province here.

by Chris Brown

Medicine Hat and Brooks COVID-19 numbers unchanged

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