By Sheldon Spackman

Wednesday Update

Red Deer with 368 active cases of COVID-19

Sep 1, 2021 | 4:31 PM

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Red Deer is continuing its trend higher.

As of Wednesday, there are 368 active cases of coronavirus in the community, up 31 from the day before. Recoveries, meanwhile, now total 5,926 – up 15 from Tuesday.

The number of COVID-19 cases identified in the city since the start of the pandemic is 6,338.

One new death attributed to the virus has also been reported in Red Deer today, bringing that total to 44.

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Active cases across Central Zone (one-day change)

Red Deer County: 129 (+9)

Sylvan Lake: 52 (-6)

Lacombe County: 116 (+7)

Lacombe: 45 (+7)

Ponoka County: 85 (+20)

Brazeau County: 54 (+6)

Clearwater County: 90 (+10)

Mountain View County: 106 (+5)

Olds: 83 (+5)

Kneehill County: 29 (-)

County of Stettler: 56 (-)

The Central Zone as a whole has 1,503 active cases as of Wednesday, up 118 from Tuesday. There are 64 hospitalizations, up 10 from Tuesday, with 11 people receiving intensive care at Red Deer Regional Hospital, the same as Tuesday.

183 deaths attributed to COVID-19 have now been reported in the Central Zone, an increase of one from Tuesday.

PROVINCIAL NUMBERS

Across Alberta, another 1,315 new cases of COVID-19 were announced on Wednesday, bringing the total number of active cases across the province to 12,290 – up 630 from Tuesday.

With 12,141 tests conducted over the past 24 hours, the test positivity rate is roughly 10.8 per cent.

Of the active cases, 9,901 are variants of concern, or 80.5 per cent of all active cases.

There are 465 Albertans currently in hospital with COVID-19, up 34 from Tuesday, with 107 of those patients in ICU, up one from Tuesday.

There have been eight additional deaths reported to Alberta Health in the last 24 hours, bringing the virus’ death toll in our province to 2,383.

• Date of death: 8/28/2021. A male in his 70s in North zone.
• Date of death: 8/28/2021. A male in his 80s in Edmonton zone.
• Date of death: 8/29/2021. A female in her 70s in North zone.
• Date of death: 08/30/2021. A male in his 80s in South zone.
• Date of death: 8/30/2021. A male in his 70s in Calgary zone.
• Date of death: 8/31/2021. A female in her 70s in Calgary zone.
• Date of death: 8/31/2021. A female in her 70s in South zone.
• Date of death: 08/31/2021. A male in his 90s in Central zone.

There are currently 3,838 active cases of COVID-19 in the Edmonton zone, 3,368 in the Calgary zone, 2,280 in the North zone, 1,266 in the South zone, and 35 additional cases in unconfirmed locations.

VACCINATIONS

Alberta has now administered 5,566,535 doses of COVID-19 vaccine as of Aug. 31.

As a result, 78.1 per cent of Albertans aged 12+ now have at least one dose (66.4% total population), while 69.9 per cent of Albertans aged 12+ are now fully vaccinated (59.5% total population).

As of Aug. 31, 68.9 per cent of eligible Red Deerians have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, which represents 59.3 per cent of the city’s total population.

62.3 per cent of eligible Red Deerians are now fully vaccinated with two doses, which represents 53.7 per cent of the city’s total population.

“Today, another 1,315 Albertans fell ill with a dangerous virus, one that has put 465 Albertans in the hospital, of whom 107 are struggling in intensive care. Eight Albertans died over the last 24 hours,” said NDP Health Critic David Shepherd, in a press release Wednesday.

“But the premier, Jason Kenney, and his cabinet, continue to hide as the fourth wave crashes into Alberta. Their collective refusal to face Albertans is a shameful dereliction of duty.

“The leadership of Alberta Health Services is cancelling surgeries to find space for COVID-19 cases. Jason Kenney has nothing to say to the hundreds of Albertans who are waiting and worrying, often in pain, as their conditions worsen and their surgeries are cancelled.

“As Dr. Verna Yiu said yesterday, there is a limit to what the healthcare system can absorb. I worry that we will soon be testing the limits of our hospitals and the healthcare heroes who work in them.

“At a time of great danger for Albertans, Jason Kenney and the UCP have abandoned their posts.”

“Instead of proactive measures to contain the fourth wave, we’ve seen bed closures, cancellations of elective surgeries, serious staff shortages, and responsibility passed on to school boards and municipalities to protect public health,” added Sandra Azocar, executive director for Friends of Medicare. “This shameful negligence must stop. If Kenney, Shandro, and Hinshaw are unwilling to do their jobs, they should resign.”