By Chris Brown

37 new cases in Alberta, nearly 7,000 tests

COVID-19 case reclassified out of Medicine Hat zone, city down to 10 active cases

Jul 9, 2020 | 3:57 PM

There are no new cases of COVID-19 in southeastern Alberta, and Medicine Hat’s case count has actually dropped back below 50.

In the province’s July 8 update, Medicine Hat had 38 are recovered, 11 are active and there has been one death in the city.

On July 9, the one active case had been removed from the Medicine Hat count, leaving the city with 49 total cases.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province’s chief medical officer of health, has previously said that sometimes happens when more information about the infected person becomes available.

The South Zone recorded four additional cases over the past 24 hours. The total now stands at 1,385 — 1,283 recovered, 90 active and 12 deaths. Two people in the zone are in hospital, a drop of one.

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Across Alberta, there are 37 new cases. There are 584 active cases, a decrease of 24, and 7,774 recovered cases, an increase of 58. The province now has 8,519 total cases.

There are 46 Albertans in hospital, seven of which are in ICU. The provincial death toll rose by three to 161.

There were 6,966 tests were completed in the past 24 hours.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced July 2 that she will not be providing daily updates this week but that the online numbers will be updated daily.

Cypress County has 30 total cases — 21 recovered cases and nine active ones.

The County of Forty Mile has two active cases and three recovered.

The MD of Taber remains at 12 total cases, nine active and three recovered.

Special Areas No. 2 has no cases on the map. There was previously one recovered case and one death attributed to the region.

The County of Newell is showing one active case and 20 recovered. In Brooks, there remains one active case. There have been 1,119 total cases in the city and 1,109 are recovered. Brooks has recorded nine deaths.

The County of Warner has 41 total cases, 39 active, one recovered and one death.

The City of Lethbridge has a total of 49 cases. Of those, nine are listed as active and 40 recovered. Lethbridge County has five cases, two active cases and three recovered.

The figures on alberta.ca are “up-to-date as of end of day July 8, 2020.”