Red Deer with 166 active cases of COVID-19, adds two more deaths

CENTRAL ZONE

The Central Zone as a whole now has 913 active cases as of Tuesday, down 78 from Monday. There are 117 hospitalizations, up five from Monday, with nine people receiving intensive care at Red Deer Regional Hospital, up one from Monday.

The Central Zone has had 385 deaths linked to COVID-19, with five more reported on Tuesday.

Elsewhere, the Calgary Zone has 1,785 active cases of COVID-19, the Edmonton Zone 1,202, the North Zone 1,160, the South Zone 498, and seven additional cases in unconfirmed locations.

Active cases across Central Zone (one-day change)

Red Deer County: 53 (-2)

Sylvan Lake: 40 (-)

Lacombe County: 43 (-5)

Lacombe: 64 (-8)

Ponoka County: 53 (-)

Brazeau County: 37 (-9)

Clearwater County: 43 (-6)

Mountain View County: 56 (-1)

Olds: 39 (+3)

Kneehill County: 20 (-1)

County of Stettler: 14 (-2)

PROVINCIAL NUMBERS

Across Alberta, 321 new cases of COVID-19 were identified over the past day, bringing the total number of active cases in the province now to 5,565 – down 263 from Monday.

With 6,425 tests conducted over the past day, the province’s test positivity rate is roughly 4.9 per cent.

There are 2,144 active variant cases in the province or 38.5 per cent of all active cases.

ACTIVE CASES BY AGE GROUP (one-day change)

Under 1 year, 44 (+1)

1-4 years, 250 (-18)

5-9 years, 755 (-5)

10-19 years, 889 (-39)

20-29 years, 550 (-33)

30-39 years, 1,022 (-75)

40-49 years, 894 (-37)

50-59 years, 487 (-41)

60-69 years, 391 (-9)

70-79 years, 196 (-10)

80+ years, 85 (+3)

There are 518 Albertans currently in hospital with COVID-19, down one from Monday, with 101 of those patients in ICU, up one from Monday.

There have been 13 new deaths reported to Alberta Health in the last 24 hours, bringing the virus’ death toll in our province to 3,201.

Date of death: 10/20/2021. A male in North zone (age not available).
Date of death: 11/3/2021. A female in her 70s in Central zone.
Date of death: 11/10/2021. A female in her 50s in Edmonton zone.
Date of death: 11/13/2021. A female in her 70s in Central zone.
Date of death: 11/13/2021. A male in his 40s in North zone.
Date of death: 11/13/2021. A female in her 70s in Edmonton zone.
Date of death: 11/13/2021. A male in his 60s in Edmonton zone.
Date of death: 11/13/2021. A male in his 70s in Calgary zone.
Date of death: 11/14/2021. A male in his 80s in Central zone.
Date of death: 11/14/2021. A male in his 50s in South zone.
Date of death: 11/15/2021. A male in his 80s in Central zone.
Date of death: 11/15/2021. A male in his 60s in Central zone.
Date of death: 11/15/2021. A male in his 70s in South zone.

VACCINATIONS

As of Nov. 15, a total of 6,730,737 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Alberta, up 13,730 over the past day.

Across the province, 87.9 per cent of eligible Albertans aged 12+ have received at least one dose (74.8% total population), with 82.3 per cent of those eligible now fully vaccinated (70.0% total population).

In Red Deer, 73,511 (80.1% of eligible & 69.0% *total population) people have received at least one dose, up 80 over the past day.

Meanwhile, 69,312 (75.6%/65.1%) are fully vaccinated with two doses, up 157 over the past day.

(Government of Alberta uses a population of 106,395 for Red Deer; of those 91,672 are eligible)

by Sheldon Spackman

Red Deer with 166 active cases of COVID-19, adds two more deaths

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