By Troy Gillard

FRIDAY UPDATE

Alberta COVID-19 recoveries surpass 4,000

May 8, 2020 | 3:57 PM

Alberta is reporting 81 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total to 6,098.

The number of cases in the Central zone has increased by three to 97. One of the new cases is being reported in Red Deer County for a total of 16 (five active, 11 recovered).

In Red Deer, the number of COVID-19 cases remains unchanged at 36, with the number of active cases remaining at four.

The province is reporting one additional death from COVID-19 as of Friday, bringing the total to 115. The fatality was a woman in her 80’s from the Calgary Zone.

There have been a total of 4,020 recoveries in the province thus far, an increase of 211 from Thursday’s report. The number of active cases in the province is 1963.

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Thursday’s totals come off 2,817 tests being completed over the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of tests completed to 166,327. A total of 13,667 people in the Central zone have now been tested for COVID-19.

Eighty Albertans are currently in hospital due to COVID-19 related ailments, 17 of them in intensive care (including three in the Central zone).

Central zone COVID-19 at a glance:

Red Deer 36 cases (4 active, 32 recovered)

Red Deer County 16 (5 active, 11 recovered)

Sylvan Lake 3 (active)

Lacombe County 3 (all recovered)

Lacombe 2 (both recovered)

Ponoka County 2 (both recovered)

Clearwater County 3 (1 active, 2 recovered)

Rocky Mountain House 2 (1 active, 1 recovered)

County of Stettler 3 (all recovered)

Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, said Friday that an inmate at the Calgary Remand Centre has tested positive for COVID-19, the first such case in the province.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, said Friday that an inmate at the Calgary Remand Centre has tested positive for COVID-19, the first such case in the province.

“This is in someone newly admitted, who was exposed before they arrived,” said Hinshaw.

The inmate reported feeling unwell the next night and was identified early, Hinshaw said. The inmate was admitted directly into a quarantine facility.

Both the inmate and a cellmate are now under isolation.