By Chris Brown

Active cases at 1,036 in Alberta

Active COVID-19 cases in Medicine Hat down to three

Aug 14, 2020 | 3:54 PM

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Medicine Hat is down to three heading into the weekend and there are no new cases reported in Friday’s online update. The city has 67 total cases – three active, 62 recovered and there have been two deaths.

Alberta announced 84 new cases on Friday and now has a total of 12,053 cases. Of those, 10,796 are recovered, an increase of 83, and 1,036 are active, no change from Thursday.

There are 48 Albertans currently in hospital due to COVID-19, 13 of which are in ICU. There have been a total of 221 deaths, up one from Thursday’s update.

The province conducted 8,199 tests in the past 24 hours.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw said her next in-person update will be on Tuesday. The next update of online numbers will be Monday.

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The South Zone has a total of 1,710 cases —1,644 recovered, an increase of six, and 45 active, a decrease of seven.

There are five people in the zone in hospital, three of which are in ICU, and there have been 21 deaths.

Cypress County has totalled 31 cases – all recovered.

The County of Forty Mile has 20 total cases, six active cases and 14 recovered.

The MD of Taber has 38 total cases — one active, 36 recovered and one death.

Special Areas No. 2 has 15 total cases, all of which are recovered.

Brooks has 1,125 total cases —1,114 are recovered and two active. Brooks has recorded nine deaths. The County of Newell has a total of 29 cases — five active, 23 recovered and one death.

The County of Warner has 55 total cases. There are now 53 recovered cases, one new active case and one death in the county.

The City of Lethbridge has a total of 143 cases. Of those, 12 are listed as active and 129 recovered and there have been two deaths there. Lethbridge County has 30 cases, three active cases and 27 recovered.

The figures on alberta.ca are “up-to-date as of end of day Aug. 13, 2020.”

Saskatchewan reported 30 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, 29 in the South Zone.

A news release from the province says all of today’s 30 new cases and 108 of 174 active cases are in communal living settings.

Saskatchewan has a total of 1,541 cases, 174 considered active. There are 1,347 recovered cases and there have been 20 COVID-19 deaths in the province.