Medicine Hat at 33 active COVID-19 cases, province under 10,000

Across the province, there are 9,987 active cases, down 269 from Thursday, and 108,258 recovered cases, up 900.

Alberta’s total number of COVID-19 cases from the start of the pandemic is 119,757.

There are 643 new cases in the province today.

There are now 691 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19, 115 of which are in ICU, and 1,512 deaths.

The province completed 13,019 tests in the past 24 hours.

The provincial positivity rate is 4.9 per cent.

As of Jan. 21, 97,785 doses of vaccine have been administered in Alberta.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw’s next in-person update will be on Monday.

Medicine Hat and the entire province remains in enhanced status, in which risk levels require enhanced public health measures to control the spread and are informed by local context.

Medicine Hat should however be off the provincial “Watch” list.

Regions are placed on the province’s “Watch” list when they have a rate of more than 50 active cases per 100,000 population. Medicine Hat’s 33 active cases among 68,057 people puts it at a rate of 48.5.

The County of Newell (123.6), the MD of Taber (53) Lethbridge (126.3) and Lethbridge County (122.9) are also on the list.

Brooks, Cypress County and the County of Forty Mile are no longer on the “Watch” list.

There are 5,655 cases in the South Zone. There are 411 active cases and 5,176 recovered. The death total in the zone is at 68.

An AHS spokesperson told CHAT News on Thursday that AHS South Zone currently has 27 COVID-19 positive individuals in hospital. There are seven at Medicine Hat Regional Hospital, with three of those in the ICU. Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge has 17 inpatients, with three of those in the ICU. The Pincher Creek Health Centre has two inpatients, and the Cardston Health Centre has one.

Seven Persons School is on “Alert” status, with two positive cases. One was confirmed on Jan. 17 and one on Jan. 15. Students and staff have been identified as close contacts and placed into quarantine.

The website Support Our Students is tracking instances of cases in schools across the province.

Cypress County has totaled 144 cases – one active cases and the rest recovered.

The County of Forty Mile has 117 total cases. There is one active case, 114 recovered and there have been two deaths.

The MD of Taber has 328 total cases — 10 active cases, 312 recovered and there have been six deaths.

Special Areas No. 2 has 40 total cases – three active, 36 recovered and there has been one death.

Brooks has 1,363 total cases — six active and 1,343 are recovered. Brooks has recorded 14 deaths.

The County of Newell has a total of 155 cases — 10 active cases, 143 recovered and there have been two deaths.

The County of Warner has 157 total cases. There are nine active cases, 146 are recovered cases and there have been two deaths in the county.

The City of Lethbridge has a total of 1,614 cases. There are 125 active cases, 1,478 recovered and there have been 11 deaths. Lethbridge County has 499 cases, 31 active cases, 461 recovered and there have been seven deaths.

The figures on alberta.ca are “up-to-date as of end of day Jan. 21, 2021.”

Saskatchewan confirmed 312 new cases of COVID-19 in the Friday update.

Saskatchewan has a total of 21,643 cases, 3,196 considered active. There are 18,200 recovered cases and there have been 250 COVID-19 deaths in the province.

Saskatchewan has delivered 31,275 doses of vaccine.

by Chris Brown

Medicine Hat at 33 active COVID-19 cases, province under 10,000

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