No change in Medicine Hat’s COVID-19 stats

There are 745 active cases, down 18 from Tuesday and 229,284 recovered cases in the province, up 83.

Alberta’s total cases from the start of the pandemic is 232,336.

There are 67 new cases in the province today, and 21 more variant of concern cases have been identified.

There are now 140 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19, 30 of which are in ICU, and 2,307 deaths.

The province completed 6,162 tests in the past 24 hours.

The positivity rate is about 1.1 per cent.

Alberta has administered 4,673,582 doses of vaccine at the latest update.

Province-wide, 73.6 per cent of Albertans 12 years old and up have received at least one dose of vaccine and 50.7 per cent are fully vaccinated.

Among Albertans of all ages, 62.6 per cent have received at least one dose of vaccine and 43.1 per cent are fully vaccinated.

There are 19 active cases and 12,355 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 49.9 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 29.5 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 247 cases — six active cases, 239 recovered and there have been two deaths. The latest vaccination rate for all ages is 48.6 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 45.2 per cent.

The City of Lethbridge has a total of 4,839 cases. There are seven active cases, 4,793 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 6, 2021.”

Saskatchewan has a total of 49,039 cases, 319 considered active. There are 48,150 recovered cases and there have been 570 COVID-19 deaths in the province.

Saskatchewan has delivered 1,247,253 doses of vaccine.

by Chris Brown

No change in Medicine Hat’s COVID-19 stats

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