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By Josh Hall (Twitter: @Vancan19)

MONDAY UPDATE

Red Deer up to 778 active cases, adds 1,805 vaccine doses over weekend

Sep 20, 2021 | 4:27 PM

Red Deer has 778 active cases of COVID-19, up 98 from Friday’s update.

That’s the highest since the city had 802 on May 14. Red Deer peaked at 911 on May 8.

Recoveries are listed at 6,500, up 89, as Red Deer added 188 new COVID cases over the last three days for a total of 7,329.

Red Deer’s death toll stemming from COVID-19 is now 51, with one reported over the weekend.

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Active cases across Central Zone (three-day change)

Red Deer County: 332 (+45)

Sylvan Lake: 132 (+3)

Lacombe County: 194 (+15)

Lacombe: 129 (+18)

Ponoka County: 257 (+17)

Brazeau County: 263 (+50)

Clearwater County: 267 (+25)

Mountain View County: 177 (+18)

Olds: 100 (+8)

Kneehill County: 73 (+12)

County of Stettler: 137 (+37)

The entire Central Zone has 3,551 active cases as of Monday, up 471 from Friday. There are 162 hospitalizations, up seven, and 18 people are receiving intensive care at Red Deer Regional Hospital, down one.

The zone has had 215 deaths linked to the virus, with seven reported today.

The zone’s seven-day testing positivity rate is currently 15.65 per cent, with a one-day weekend high of 18.5 per cent on Sept. 19, and 6,324 tests done over the three days.

PROVINCIAL NUMBERS

Over the past three days, Alberta Health confirmed a combined 4,633 new cases, with 1,605 on Friday, 1,592 on Saturday, and 1,436 on Sunday.

Last Monday, the province announced 4,740 cases over the Sept 10-12 weekend.

There are now 20,614 active cases, up 1,413 from Friday’s total of 19,201. That’s also up from last Monday’s total of 18,395.

Of the currently active cases, 7,895 are confirmed as variants of concern, down from 12,102 a week ago.

By age:

Under 1: 135 (+20 from Friday)
1-4: 807 (+80)
5-9: 1,686 (+225)
10-19: 3126 (+294)
20-29: 3253 (+27)
30-39: 3994 (+351)
40-49: 2925 (+159)
50-59: 1955 1863 (+92)
60-69: 1381 1297 (+84)
70-79: 740 (+35)
80+: 606 (+46)

An average of 15,442 tests were conducted each day over the past three days. The seven-day positivity rate is currently 10.84 per cent. On Friday, it was 11.56 per cent.

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Provincially, 954 patients are currently hospitalized with COVID, up 43 over the weekend, including 216 who have been admitted to intensive care, up one. Last Tuesday, there were 803 in hospital and 198 in ICU.

Of the 738 people hospitalized but not in ICU, 545 are completely unvaccinated, 37 have received one dose, and 156 have two doses.

Of the 216 in ICU, 189 are completely unvaccinated, six have one dose, and 21 have two doses.

Since Friday’s update, there has sadly been 22 new deaths added to the provincial COVID-19 death toll, which stands at 2,545. That’s up from 2,462 a week ago.

VACCINATIONS

In Alberta, 5,816,752 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have now been administered as of the end of Sept. 19. That’s up more than 62,400 over the weekend.

Of the 12+ population, 81.0 per cent has received at least one dose (68.9% total population), while 72.3 per cent of the 12+ population is now fully vaccinated (61.5% total population).

In Red Deer, 66,655 (72.7% eligible/62.6% total) people have received at least one dose, up 1,219 over the last three days. Meanwhile, 59,477 residents (64.9%/55.9%) are fully vaccinated, up 586.

NDP Health Critic David Shepherd released the following statement in response to today’s COVID-19 data update:

“Despite claims from Premier Jason Kenney and his UCP government that the worst of the pandemic was behind us, we have now surpassed 20,000 active cases and continue to see a record number of Albertans in the hospitals and intensive care units, pushing our health care system to the brink of collapse.

“It’s troubling and infuriating to hear that deaths due to COVID-19 were high enough this weekend to strain morgue capacity at Edmonton hospitals. Also troubling is that the highest rate of confirmed cases of COVID-19 is being seen among Albertans under the age of 20.

“We didn’t have to be here. This is the result of Premier Jason Kenney choosing to disappear for weeks as the fourth wave surged in Alberta and then waiting until the last minute to take any action to curb it. But it goes beyond just the Premier — every single one of the 60 United Conservative Party MLAs is complicit in letting this crisis happen. The Government went into hiding when Albertans needed them most.”