By Chris Brown

Three new cases in city, 313 in province

Medicine Hat’s active COVID-19 case count drops below 40

Jun 9, 2021 | 3:48 PM

There are 39 active cases of COVID-19 in Medicine Hat on Wednesday.

Medicine Hat now has had 1,244 total cases – the 39 active, 1,183 recovered and there have been 22 deaths.

There are three new cases in the city today and four new recoveries.

55.8 per cent of Hatters have received at least one dose of vaccine.

Across Alberta, there are 4,204 active cases, down 227 from Tuesday, and 223,311 recovered cases, up 535.

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Alberta’s total cases from the start of the pandemic is 229,771.

There are 313 total new cases in the province today. One hundred and sixty-one cases were identified as variants of concern.

There are now 329 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19, 83 of which are in ICU, and 2,256 deaths.

The province completed 8,545 tests in the past 24 hours.

The positivity rate is about 3.7 per cent.

Alberta has administered 3,157,862 doses of vaccine at the latest update.

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There are 200 active cases and 12,082 recovered in the South Zone. The death total in the zone is at 130.

An AHS spokesperson told CHAT News on Monday AHS South Zone currently has 24 COVID-19 positive individuals in hospital. There are 13 at Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge, with three of those in the ICU. Medicine Hat Regional Hospital has 10 inpatients, with one of those in the ICU. The Taber Health Centre has one inpatient.

The province-wide reproductive value from last week is 0.74. It is 0.73 in Calgary Zone, 0.75 in Edmonton Zone and 0.73 in the rest of Alberta. These figures are updated each Monday.

St. Francis Xavier School is on AHS Outbreak status.

Regionally, Brooks Composite High School and Eastbrook Elementary School in Brooks are on Outbreak status. St. Joseph’s Collegiate in Brooks is on Alert status.

Schools remain on Outbreak and Alert status until there is no new confirmed case for 28 days.

Cypress County has totaled 295 cases – 10 active cases and the rest recovered. The vaccination rate for all ages is 46.1 per cent.

The County of Forty Mile has 157 total cases. There are two active cases, 152 recovered and there have been three deaths. The vaccination rate for all ages is 27.2 per cent.

The MD of Taber has 571 total cases — five active cases, 560 recovered and there have been six deaths. The vaccination rate for all ages is 33.4 per cent.

Special Areas No. 2 has 103 total cases – six active cases, 96 recovered and there has been one death.

Brooks has 1,498 total cases — 14 active cases and 1,469 are recovered. Brooks has recorded 15 deaths.

The County of Newell has a total of 240 cases — 15 active cases, 223 recovered and there have been two deaths. The vaccination rate for all ages is 44 per cent, including Brooks.

The County of Warner has 464 total cases. There are 12 active cases, 449 are recovered cases and there have been three deaths in the county. The latest vaccination rate for all ages is 41.5 per cent.

The City of Lethbridge has a total of 4,824 cases. There are 57 active cases, 4,729 recovered and there have been 38 deaths. Lethbridge County has 1,253 cases, 24 active cases, 1,217 recovered and there have been 12 deaths.

Not all the areas on the vaccination data map match the case count map.

The figures on alberta.ca are “up-to-date as of end of day June 8, 2021.”

Saskatchewan has a total of 47,574 cases, 938 considered active. There are 46,084 recovered cases and there have been 552 COVID-19 deaths in the province.

Saskatchewan has delivered 828,652 doses of vaccine.