There are 145 active cases of COVID-19 in Medicine Hat on Friday.
Medicine Hat now has had 1,173 total cases – the 145 active, 1,009 recovered and there have been 19 deaths.
There are 11 new cases in the city today and 18 new recoveries.
50 per cent of all Hatters 12 years and up have received at least one dose of vaccine.
Across Alberta, there are 16,577 active cases, down 1,098 from Thursday, and 204,270 recovered cases, up 1,828.
Alberta’s total cases from the start of the pandemic is 223,011.
There are 732 total new cases in the province today.
There are now 638 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19, 177 of which are in ICU, and 2,164 deaths.
The province completed 10,130 tests in the past 24 hours.
The positivity rate is about 7.2 per cent.
Alberta has administered 2,401,932 of vaccine at the latest update.
Dr. Deena Hinshaw will provide another update early next week.
There are 12,019 cases in the South Zone. There are 837 active cases and 11,057 recovered. The death total in the zone is at 125.
An AHS spokesperson told CHAT News on Thursday AHS South Zone currently has 39 COVID-19 positive individuals in hospital. There are 24 at Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge, with seven of those in the ICU. Medicine Hat Regional Hospital has 13 inpatients, with four of those in the ICU. The Brooks Health Centre and Big Country Hospital in Oyen each have one inpatient.
The province-wide reproductive value from last week is 0.84. It is 1.16 in Calgary Zone, 0.82 in Edmonton Zone and 0.85 in the rest of Alberta. These figures are updated each Monday.
Crescent Heights High School, Monsignor McCoy High School, Crestwood School, Elm Street School, Dr. Ken Sauer School, Notre Dame Academy and St. Mary’s School remain on AHS Outbreak status.
Mother Teresa School, River Heights Elementary School, Medicine Hat Christian School and CAPE School are on Alert status.
Regionally, Brooks Composite High School, Brooks Junior High School, Christ the King Academy and Eastbrook Elementary School in Brooks and Duchess School are on Outbreak status. Eagle Butte High School is on Alert status.
Cypress County has totaled 273 cases – 35 active cases and the rest recovered. The vaccination rate for all ages is 40 per cent.
The County of Forty Mile has 155 total cases. There are two active cases, 150 recovered and there have been three deaths. The vaccination rate for all ages is 22.1 per cent.
The MD of Taber has 564 total cases — 32 active cases, 526 recovered and there have been six deaths. The vaccination rate for all ages is 28.7 per cent.
Special Areas No. 2 has 96 total cases – 10 active cases, 85 recovered and there has been one death.
Brooks has 1,469 total cases — 41 active cases and 1,413 are recovered. Brooks has recorded 15 deaths.
The County of Newell has a total of 214 cases — 28 active cases, 184 recovered and there have been two deaths. The vaccination rate for all ages is 37.2 per cent, including Brooks.
The County of Warner has 437 total cases. There are 46 active cases, 388 are recovered cases and there have been three deaths in the county. The vaccination rate for all ages is 35.4 per cent.
The City of Lethbridge has a total of 4,717 cases. There are 251 active cases, 4,429 recovered and there have been 37 deaths. Lethbridge County has 1,212 cases, 116 active cases, 1,084 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 May 20, 2021.”
Saskatchewan has a total of 45,310 cases, 1,776 considered active. There are 43,010 recovered cases and there have been 524 COVID-19 deaths in the province.
Saskatchewan has delivered 630,583 doses of vaccine.
