PROVINCIAL NUMBERS
*Numbers are up to date as of previous day’s end, Mar. 6.
Hospitalizations: 1,103 (-61 over the past three days)
ICU admissions: 77 (-)
Deaths: 3,972 (+18 over the past three days)
*With the province limiting testing in the fifth wave and lifting restrictions on March 1, these confirmed cases do not accurately reflect the number of cases in the community.
Total cases: 528,717 (+1,113 over past three days. 429 Mar. 4, 402 Mar. 5, & 282 Mar. 6)
Total recoveries: 517,587 (+1,583 over past three days)
Active caseload: 7,158 (-488 over past three days)
Seven-day positivity rate: 20.07% (-0.54)
Tests completed 6,182 (2,452 Mar. 4, 2,175 Mar. 5, & 1,555 Mar. 6)
RED DEER
*Numbers are up to date as of previous day’s end, Mar. 6.
Total cases: 13,501 (+57)
Total recoveries: 113,113 (+53)
Active caseload: 291(+3)
Deaths: 97 (+1)
CENTRAL ZONE
*Numbers are up to date as of previous day’s end, Mar. 6.
Hospitalizations: 126 (-14)
ICU admissions: 7 (+1)
Active caseload: 1,055 (-20)
Deaths: 503 (+5)
Active cases elsewhere in the zone
Red Deer County: 50 (+1)
Sylvan Lake: 29 (+2)
Lacombe County: 33 (+4)
City of Lacombe: 58 (-1)
Ponoka County: 69 (-2)
For more data from central Alberta communities, click here.
VACCINATIONS – With the slow in vaccination rate growth, rdnewsNOW has decided to update these numbers once per week only, on Tuesday.
