By Chris Brown

one new case in city, 170 in province

Active COVID-19 cases down to 29 in Medicine Hat

Jun 11, 2021 | 4:01 PM

There are 29 active cases of COVID-19 in Medicine Hat on Friday.

Medicine Hat now has had 1,247 total cases – the 35 active, 1,196 recovered and there have been 22 deaths.

There is one new case in the city today and seven new recoveries.

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

Across Alberta, there are 3,529 active cases, down 281 from Thursday, and 224,325 recovered cases, up 448.

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Alberta’s total cases from the start of the pandemic is 230,119.

There are 170 total new cases in the province today. 204 more variants of concern were identified

There are now 296 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19, 79 of which are in ICU, and 2,265 deaths.

The province completed 6,682 tests in the past 24 hours.

The positivity rate is about 2.5 per cent.

Alberta has administered 3,215,144 doses of vaccine at the latest update.

There are 149 active cases and 12,145 recovered in the South Zone. The death total in the zone is at 131.

An AHS spokesperson told CHAT News on Thursday AHS South Zone currently has 20 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 six inpatients, with one of those in the ICU. The Brooks 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, 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 – five active cases, 289 recovered and one death. The vaccination rate for all ages is 46.2 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 — two active cases, 563 recovered and there have been six deaths. The vaccination rate for all ages is 33.5 per cent.

Special Areas No. 2 has 103 total cases – four active cases, 98 recovered and there has been one death.

Brooks has 1,501 total cases — 15 active cases and 1,471 are recovered. Brooks has recorded 15 deaths.

The County of Newell has a total of 240 cases — 12 active cases, 226 recovered and there have been two deaths. The vaccination rate for all ages is 44.1 per cent, including Brooks.

The County of Warner has 464 total cases. There are 10 active cases, 451 are recovered cases and there have been three deaths in the county. The latest vaccination rate for all ages is 41.6 per cent.

The City of Lethbridge has a total of 4,826 cases. There are 38 active cases, 4,750 recovered and there have been 38 deaths. Lethbridge County has 1,254 cases, 18 active cases, 1,224 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 10, 2021.”

Saskatchewan has a total of 47,764 cases, 899 considered active. There are 46,311 recovered cases and there have been 554 COVID-19 deaths in the province.

Saskatchewan has delivered 860,651 doses of vaccine.