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WEDNESDAY UPDATE

Hospitalizations now over 1,400 as active cases continue rapid drop

Jan 26, 2022 | 4:13 PM

PROVINCIAL NUMBERS

*Numbers are up to date as of previous day’s end. Numbers in parentheses represent a one-day change unless otherwise noted

Hospitalizations: 1,418 (+41)

ICU admissions: 109 (-2)

Deaths: 3,505 (+22)

MORE HEALTHCARE CAPACITY DATA

Total cases: 481,182 (+3,341)

Total recoveries: 429,934 (+6,733)

Active caseload: 47,743 (-3,414)

Tests completed: 9,000

One-day positivity rate: 37.12%

Seven-day positivity rate: 36.85% (-0.05)

Active variant cases: 1,659 (-360)

Recorded Omicron cases: 22,799 (+157)

RED DEER

*Numbers are up to date as of previous day’s end. Numbers in parentheses represent a one-day change unless otherwise noted

Total cases: 12,067 (+82)

Total recoveries: 10,957 (+116)

Active caseload: 1,026 (-34)

Deaths: 84 >> unchanged since Dec. 7, 2021

CENTRAL ZONE

*Numbers are up to date as of previous day’s end. Numbers in parentheses represent a one-day change unless otherwise noted

Hospitalizations: 140 (+6)

ICU admissions: 10 (+2)

Active caseload: 3,703 (-29)

Deaths: 430 (+1)

Death details:

A female in her 40s who passed away on Jan. 23. AB Health notes she had pre-existing conditions.

Elsewhere in the zone

Red Deer County: 244 (+1)

Sylvan Lake: 92 (-6)

Lacombe County: 127 (-5)

City of Lacombe: 136 (+2)

Ponoka County: 723 (-6)

Brazeau County: 83 (+5)

Clearwater County: 95 (+3)

Mountain View County: 103 (-3)

Olds: 77 (-7)

Kneehill County: 54 (+5)

County of Stettler: 48 (-1)

For more data from central Alberta communities, click here.

VACCINATIONS

*Numbers are up to date as of previous day’s end. Numbers in parentheses represent a one-day change unless otherwise noted

Province

Doses administered: 8,220,773 (+19,021)

Of eligible 5+ population…

% one dose: 85.4

% two doses: 78.7

% three doses: 33.9

Of total population…

% one dose: 80.2

% two doses: 73.9

% three doses: 31.9

Red Deer

*The Government of Alberta says 100,446 people in Red Deer are eligible (5+) for vaccination, with a population of 106,420.The government has not yet begun sharing geographical data for those with booster doses.

People with one dose: 78,429 (+28)

People with two doses: 73,359 (+58)

% eligible pop.: 73.0

% total pop.: 68.9

People with three doses: 30,705 (+186)

% eligible pop.: 30.6

% total pop.: 28.9