By Troy Gillard

TUESDAY UPDATE

COVID-19 recoveries in Alberta surpass 6,000

May 26, 2020 | 4:05 PM

More than 6,000 Albertans have recovered from COVID-19, according to the latest numbers released Tuesday afternoon on the Alberta Health website.

Alberta has now reported a total of 6,901 cases of the novel coronavirus, an increase of 22 from Monday, with 6,048 recoveries and 714 cases still active.

A total of 221,173 Albertans have now been tested.

There are 45 Albertans currently in hospital because of COVID-19, including five in intensive care.

Another person has died from the virus to bring the province’s death toll from COVID-19 to 139.

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Out of 17,823 people tested in the Central zone, the number of reported COVID-19 cases remains 99 (three active and 95 recovered).

Red Deer region (Central zone) cases as of Tuesday:
City of Red Deer 37 (1 active, 36 recovered)
Red Deer County 16 (1 active, 15 recovered)
Sylvan Lake 3 (0 active, 3 recovered)
Lacombe County (0 active, 3 recovered)
City of Lacombe 2 (0 active, 2 recovered)
Ponoka County 3 (0 active, 3 recovered)
Clearwater County 2 (0 active, 2 recovered)
County of Stettler 2 (0 active, 2 recovered)