Red Deer with 784 active cases of COVID-19

Red Deer’s death toll stemming from COVID-19 is now at 64, up three over the past day.

VACCINATIONS

Alberta has delivered 6,085,230 vaccine doses as of Sept. 30, up 17,668 in the last day.

83.8 per cent of Alberta’s eligible 12+ population has received at least one dose (71.3% total population), and 74.5 per cent of those eligible are fully vaccinated (63.4% total population).

In Red Deer, 69,435 (75.7% of eligible & 65.2% *total population) people have received at least one dose, up 192. Meanwhile, 61,228 (66.7%/57.5%) are fully vaccinated with two doses, up 127. (*Government of Alberta uses a population of 106,395 for Red Deer; of those 91,672 are eligible)

CENTRAL ZONE

Active cases across Central Zone (one-day change)

Red Deer County: 335 (-2)

Sylvan Lake: 129 (+3)

Lacombe County: 255 (+12)

City of Lacombe: 194 (+7)

Ponoka County: 343 (+15)

Brazeau County: 254 (+5)

Clearwater County: 357 (-2)

Mountain View County: 154 (+5)

Olds: 85 (-2)

Kneehill County: 147 (+8)

County of Stettler: 155 (+4)

The Central Zone as a whole has 3,995 active cases as of Friday, up by 53 from Thursday.

There are 186 hospitalizations, up five, and 18 people receiving intensive care at Red Deer Regional Hospital, down one from Thursday.

Central Zone has recorded 273 deaths, including five over the past day.

Elsewhere, the Edmonton zone has 5,080 active cases of COVID-19, while there are 4,834 active cases in the Calgary zone, 4,015 in the North zone, 2,273 in the South zone and 18 additional active cases in unconfirmed locations.

PROVINCIAL NUMBERS

The active caseload is now 20,215, down 40 from Thursday. This while the province added 1,630 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.

With 15,857 tests conducted over the past 24 hours, the test positivity rate is roughly 10.2 per cent.

There are 1,066 people currently in hospital with COVID-19, down 17 from Thursday, with 263 of those patients in ICU, the same as the day before.

There have been 14 additional deaths reported to Alberta Health in the last 24 hours, bringing the province’s death toll from the virus now to 2,731.

Date of death: 9/25/2021. A male in his 70s in Edmonton zone.
Date of death: 9/28/2021. A female in her 70s in Central zone.
Date of death: 9/29/2021. A female in her 80s in North zone.
Date of death: 9/29/2021. A female in her 70s in Calgary zone.
Date of death: 9/29/2021. A male in his 70s in Central zone.
Date of death: 9/29/2021. A male in his 80s in Edmonton zone.
Date of death: 9/29/2021. A male in his 80s in Central zone.
Date of death: 9/29/2021. A female in her 60s in North zone.
Date of death: 9/29/2021. A male in his 70s in Calgary zone.
Date of death: 9/29/2021. A male in his 40s in Central zone.
Date of death: 9/30/2021. A female in her 80s in Calgary zone.
Date of death: 9/30/2021. A male in his 70s in Central zone.
Date of death: 9/30/2021. A male in his 50s in South zone.
Date of death: 9/30/2021. A male in his 70s in Edmonton zone.

Here is a summary of the latest #COVID19AB numbers: There are now 1,066 people in hospital due to COVID-19. Of the 803 non-ICU, 74.4% are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated. Of the 263 in ICU, 90.1% are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated. (1/5) pic.twitter.com/giL7bQ6aLE

— Dr. Deena Hinshaw (@CMOH_Alberta) October 1, 2021

by Sheldon Spackman

Red Deer with 784 active cases of COVID-19

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