Red Deer with 818 active cases of COVID-19

Red Deer’s death toll from the virus is now 67, up two from Monday.

In terms of vaccinations, Alberta has administered 6,142,455 doses of vaccine at the latest update.

The percentage of eligible Red Deerians aged 12+ with at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine is 76.4 per cent or 65.8 per cent of the total population. That represents 70, 048 people with at least one dose- an increase of 176 over the past day.

Meanwhile, 67.2 per cent of Red Deer’s eligible population aged 12+ is now fully vaccinated with at least two doses of COVID-19 vaccine. That’s 57.9 per cent of the city’s total population, an increase of 123 people from the day before.

Elsewhere across Central zone, there are 4,044 active cases of COVID-19, a decrease of 335 from Monday.

There are 206 people in hospital with COVID-19 across the zone, a decrease of one from Monday, with 19 of those patients in ICU at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, also a decrease of one from the day before.

The number of deaths from the virus in Central zone is now 280, an increase of five in the past day.

Active cases across Central Zone (one-day change)

Red Deer County: 309 (-32)

Sylvan Lake: 116 (-12)

Lacombe County: 292 (-16)

Lacombe: 225 (-14)

Ponoka County: 369 (-1)

Brazeau County: 236 (-31)

Clearwater County: 333 (-26)

Mountain View County: 142 (-10)

Olds: 72 (-8)

Kneehill County: 145 (-12)

County of Stettler: 135 (-25)

Provincially, 663 new cases of COVID-19 were announced on Tuesday, bringing the total number of active cases across the province now to 19,456 – a decrease of 1,218 from Monday.

With 8,018 tests conducted over the past 24 hours, the province’s test positivity rate is roughly 8.2 per cent.

There are 1,094 people in hospital with COVID-19 throughout Alberta, an increase of 15 from Monday, with 252 of those patients receiving intensive care, down five from the day before.

There have been 26 additional deaths reported to Alberta Health in the last 24 hours, bringing the virus’ death toll in our province now to 2,778.

Date of death: 9/30/2021. A female in her 60s in North zone.
Date of death: 10/1/2021. A male in his 80s in Calgary zone.
Date of death: 10/1/2021. A male in his 70s in Central zone.
Date of death: 10/1/2021. A female in her 50s in North zone.
Date of death: 10/1/2021. A female in her 50s in North zone.
Date of death: 10/1/2021. A male in his 60s in Central zone.
Date of death: 10/1/2021. A male in his 70s in North zone.
Date of death: 10/2/2021. A male in his 80s in South zone.
Date of death: 10/2/2021. A male in his 70s in South zone.
Date of death: 10/2/2021. A male in his 80s in Central zone.
Date of death: 10/2/2021. A male in his 40s in Edmonton zone.
Date of death: 10/2/2021. A female in her 70s in North zone.
Date of death: 10/2/2021. A male in his 70s in Edmonton zone.
Date of death: 10/2/2021. A male in his 80s in Central zone.
Date of death: 10/2/2021. A female in her 70s in North zone.
Date of death: 10/3/2021. A male in his 90s in South zone.
Date of death: 10/3/2021. A male in his 60s in North zone.
Date of death: 10/3/2021. A male in his 60s in Central zone.
Date of death: 10/3/2021. A female in her 70s in North zone.
Date of death: 10/3/2021. A female in her 60s in North zone.
Date of death: 10/4/2021. A male in his 100s in Calgary zone.
Date of death: 10/4/2021. A male in his 70s in Calgary zone.
Date of death: 10/4/2021. A female in her 60s in South zone.
Date of death: 10/4/2021. A female in her 60s in South zone.
Date of death: 10/4/2021. A male in his 70s in Calgary zone.
Date of death: 10/5/2021. A male in his 70s in South zone.

Active cases by age group (one-day change)

Under 1: 124 (-8)
1-4: 902 (-76)
5-9: 2026 (-128)
10-19: 2969 (-274)
20-29: 2387 (-141)
30-39: 3657 (-176)
40-49: 2986 (-195)
50-59: 1822 (-82)
60-69: 1286 (-75)
70-79: 695 (-38)
80+: 599 (-26)

There are currently 4,708 active cases of coronavirus in the Calgary zone, 4,585 active cases in the Edmonton zone, 3,984 in the North zone, 2,124 in the South zone, and 11 additional active cases in unconfirmed locations.

by Sheldon Spackman

Red Deer with 818 active cases of COVID-19

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