By Sheldon Spackman

Tuesday Update

Red Deer with 460 active cases of COVID-19

Jan 4, 2022 | 6:15 PM

Alberta Health is reporting 460 active cases of COVID-19 in Red Deer as of Jan. 3, up by 262 active cases last reported on Dec. 29, 2021.

That brings the total number of coronavirus cases identified in the city since the start of the pandemic to 10,020 – up 322 from Dec. 29, while recoveries are up by 60 over that time to 9,476.

Red Deer’s active case rate is currently 432.4 per 100 k population. That compares to rates of 1,028.3 in Calgary, 883 in Edmonton, and 499.7 in Lethbridge.

The number of COVID-related deaths in Red Deer remains at 84, with the last one reported Dec. 7, 2021.

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CENTRAL ZONE

The number of active COVID-19 cases in the Alberta Health Services (AHS) Central Zone is 1,602, up 915 from Dec. 29.

Hospitalizations in the Central Zone are currently at 71, down three from Dec. 29, with five of those patients receiving intensive care at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, down one from Dec. 29.

Total virus-related deaths in Central Zone is now 417, up one from Dec. 29.

Active Cases Across Central Zone (six-day change)

Red Deer County: 84 (+39)

Sylvan Lake: 54 (+30)

Lacombe County: 56 (+29)

Lacombe: 82 (+46)

Ponoka County: 88 (+58)

Brazeau County: 23 (+19)

Clearwater County: 44 (+28)

Mountain View County: 67 (+34)

Olds: 41 (+16)

Kneehill County: 32 (+15)

County of Stettler: 34 (+1)

Elsewhere throughout the province, there are 17,082 active cases of COVID-19 being reported in the Calgary Zone, 12,760 active cases in the Edmonton Zone, 1,219 in the North Zone, 1,132 in the South Zone, and 481 additional cases in unconfirmed locations.

PROVINCIAL NUMBERS

Across the province, 21,751 new cases of COVID-19 were announced in Alberta on Tuesday.

• December 29: 4,172 new cases, 13,257 tests completed
• December 30: 4,614 new cases, 13,385 tests completed
• December 31: 4,570 new cases, 12,753 tests completed
• January 1: 3,323 new cases, 9,452 tests completed
• January 2: 2,059 new cases, 7,081 tests completed
• January 3: 3,013 new cases, 8,232 tests completed

That brings the total number of active cases in the province now to 34,276 – up 16,880 from Dec. 29.

With 64,160 tests completed during that time, the province’s test positivity rate is roughly 33.9 per cent.

There are 7,932 active variant cases in the province, making up 23.1 per cent of all active cases.

436 Albertans are currently in hospital with COVID-19, up by 87 from Dec. 29, with 61 of those patients in ICU, up four from Dec. 29.

There have been 12 additional deaths reported to Alberta Health since Dec. 26, bringing the virus’ death toll in our province now to 3,322.

ACTIVE CASES BY AGE GROUP

Under 1 year – 209

1-4 years – 772

5-9 years – 1,395

10-19 years – 3,899

20-29 years – 8,404

30-39 years – 7,197

40-49 years – 5,787

50-59 years – 3,834

60-69 years – 1,727

70-79 years – 640

80+ years – 409

VACCINATIONS

Alberta has delivered 7,736,808 vaccine doses as of Jan. 3, up 142,230 over the past six days.

Of the 5+ population, 84.4 per cent has received at least one dose (79.3% total population), while 77.6 per cent of the 5+ population has received two doses (72.9% total population). 24.4 per cent of the 5+ population has received three doses, (22.9% total population).

In Red Deer, 77,203 (76.8% eligible/72.5% total population) people have received at least one dose, up 278 from Dec. 29.

Meanwhile, 72,200 (71.8% eligible/67.8% total population) residents have two doses, up 132 from Dec. 29.

NDP Health Critic David Shepherd issued the following statement in response to today’s public health update:

“My colleagues and I would like to extend our deepest sympathies to the family who lost a child to COVID-19, as reported by the Chief Medical Officer of Health this afternoon, and to all families grieving the loss of a loved one.

“Today’s reported active cases are the highest we have ever seen, and we know the true number is several times larger, but the UCP failed to offer Albertans any kind of plan.

“Earlier today, Alberta’s NDP presented a detailed plan to help schools reopen and stay open safely. Yesterday we called on the UCP to tell the truth and release the AHS forecast of the impact of Omicron on hospitals. Jason Kenney and the UCP failed to deliver either of these critical measures for Albertans today.”