Alberta adds 184 variant cases of COVID-19 in last 24 hours

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Two additional COVID-19 deaths were reported to Alberta Health in the last 24 hours to bring the province’s total as of Sunday to 1,963. The deaths occurred between March 19-20 and were both in Edmonton Zone.

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As of Sunday, there have been 1,601 total variant cases of COVID-19 in the province, 1,581 of which are the U.K. variant. The overall total is 184 higher than Saturday, with all new cases in the past day the U.K. variant.

A total of 262 variant cases, up 31, have been identified in Central Zone, all of them the U.K. variant.

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Red Deer as of Sunday sits at 123, up 12 from Saturday. There have been 2,811 recoveries, an increase of six as the total number of cases attributed to Red Deer rose by 18 to a total of 2,967. The number of deaths in Red Deer linked to COVID-19 is 33, with the last one tallied March 14.

Alberta Health confirmed Saturday there are zero active cases at the Olymel outbreak, with 518 cases confirmed and three deaths there since November. The outbreak status will remain in place for another several days.

Active cases across Central Zone as of Sunday (one-day and seven-day change), and total deaths (seven-day change)

Red Deer County: 18 (+1, –), 3 deaths (–)

Sylvan Lake: 20 (+2, +7), 2 deaths (–)

Lacombe County: 42 (–, +12), 1 death (–)

City of Lacombe: 41 (+4, +20) 1 death (–)

Ponoka County: 112 (+9, +39), 12 deaths (–)

Clearwater County: 26 (–, -5), 1 death (–)

Brazeau County: 7 (+1, +4)

Mountain View County: 12 (–, -6), 1 death (–)

Olds: 10 (+1, –)

Kneehill County: 4 (–, –), 3 deaths (–)

County of Stettler: 6 (–, –), 2 deaths (–)

The Central Zone has 575 active cases as of Sunday, an increase of 41. There are 36 hospitalizations, up three, and six people are receiving intensive care for COVID-19 at Red Deer Regional Hospital, the same number as yesterday. The zone has had 120 deaths as a result of COVID-19.

Seven-day change figures (updated by rdnewsNOW each Sunday)

Alberta

Total: 141,934 (+3,510)

Active: 5,971 (+1,274)

Recovered: 134,000 (+2,219)

Hospitalized: 282 (+34)

ICU: 47 (+9)

Deaths: 1,963 (+17)

Positivity rate: ~4.9% (+~0.2%)

UK (B.1.1.7) variant cases: 1,581(+679)

S. Africa (B.1.351) variant cases: 18 (+2)

Brazilian (P.1) variant cases: 2 (–)

Total variant cases: 1,601 (+681)

Vaccine doses administered: 459,856 (+101,873)

Two doses administered: 93,236 (+1,698)

Tests completed: 3,597,464

People tested: 1,873,670

Central Zone

Total: 11,001 (+339)

Active: 575 (+123)

Recovered: 10,306 (+216)

Deaths: 120 (–)

Hospitalized: 36 (+12)

ICU (all at Red Deer Regional): 6 (+1)

Variant cases: 262 – all U.K. (+89)

Red Deer

Total: 2,967 (+73)

Active: 123 (+15)

Recovered: 2,811 (+58)

Deaths: 33 (–)

Central Zone school cases announced since last Sunday
*alert = 2-4 cases, outbreak = 5-9 cases, outbreak tier 2 = 10+ cases

Lacombe – Ecole Secondaire Lacombe Composite High – one new case (OUTBREAK)

Ponoka – St. Augustine School – one new case (ALERT)

Sylvan Lake – Our Lady of the Rosary – one new case

Sylvan Lake – Ecole Mother Teresa (ALERT)

Red Deer – Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School – four cases this month (OUTBREAK)

Ponoka – Ponoka Secondary Campus – nine active cases – all students will move to online learning from March 16-April 5 (OUTBREAK)

Red Deer – Alternative School Centre – one new case

Sylvan Lake – H.J. Cody High – one new case

County of Stettler – Donalda School (ALERT) – all classes moving online March 15-26

Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, will give her next update on Monday.