By Chris Brown

No new cases in city, 33 in province

Medicine Hat down to two active COVID-19 cases

Jul 6, 2021 | 4:47 PM

There are two active cases of COVID-19 in Medicine Hat on Tuesday.

Medicine Hat now has had 1,263 total cases – the two active, 1,239 recovered and there have been 22 deaths.

There are no new cases in the city today and three new recoveries.

59.2 per cent of Hatters have received at least one dose of vaccine at the latest update.

There are 763 active cases, down 68 from Monday and 229,201 recovered cases in the province, up 99.

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Alberta’s total cases from the start of the pandemic is 232,269.

There are 33 new cases in the province today, and 12 more variant of concern cases have been identified.

There are now 138 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19, 32 of which are in ICU, and 2,305 deaths.

The province completed 4,415 tests in the past 24 hours.

The positivity rate is about 0.7 per cent.

Alberta has administered 4,629,699 doses of vaccine at the latest update.

Province-wide, 73.5 per cent of Albertans 12 years old and up have received at least one dose of vaccine and 49.6 per cent are fully vaccinated.

Among Albertans of all ages, 62.5 per cent have received at least one dose of vaccine and 42.2 per cent are fully vaccinated.

There are 18 active cases and 12,351 recovered in the South Zone. The death total in the zone is at 133.

An AHS spokesperson told CHAT News on Monday AHS South Zone currently has five COVID-19 positive individuals in hospital. There are two at Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge. Medicine Hat Regional Hospital has three inpatients.

The province-wide reproductive value for the week of June 21-27 is 0.75. It is 0.74 in Calgary Zone, 0.73 in Edmonton Zone and 0.77 in the rest of Alberta.

Cypress County has totaled 301 cases. There are no active cases, 300 recovered and one death. The latest vaccination rate for all ages is 49.8 per cent.

The County of Forty Mile has 157 total cases. There are no active cases, 154 recovered and there have been three deaths. The latest vaccination rate for all ages is 29.4 per cent.

The MD of Taber has 572 total cases — one active case, 565 recovered and there have been six deaths. The latest vaccination rate for all ages is 36 per cent.

Special Areas No. 2 has 104 total cases – no active cases, 103 recovered and there has been one death.

Brooks has 1,503 total cases — zero active cases and 1,488 are recovered. Brooks has recorded 15 deaths.

The County of Newell has a total of 245 cases — four active cases, 239 recovered and there have been two deaths. The latest vaccination rate for all ages is 48.4 per cent, including Brooks.

The County of Warner has 468 total cases. There are no active cases, 465 are recovered cases and there have been three deaths in the county. The latest vaccination rate for all ages is 45 per cent.

The City of Lethbridge has a total of 4,839 cases. There are six active cases, 4,794 recovered and there have been 39 deaths. Lethbridge County has 1,262 cases, one active case, 1,249 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 July 5, 2021.”

Saskatchewan has a total of 48,992 cases, 313 considered active. There are 48,110 recovered cases and there have been 569 COVID-19 deaths in the province.

Saskatchewan has delivered 1,233,534 doses of vaccine.