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Monday Update

Red Deer with 234 active cases of COVID-19

Nov 8, 2021 | 4:53 PM

Red Deer has 234 active cases of COVID-19 as of Monday, up two from Friday.

Meantime, the city’s total number of recorded cases is up by 53 over the last three days to 9,188, while recoveries are up 51 to 8,877.

Red Deer’s active case rate is 219.9 per 100k, which compares to a rate of 84.9 in Calgary, 84.0 in Edmonton, and 180.8 in Lethbridge.

Red Deer’s death toll stemming from COVID-19 remains at 77, with the last one reported Nov. 3.

The Central Zone as a whole has 1,170 active cases as of Monday, up 31 from Friday. There are 121 hospitalizations, down 13, with 11 people receiving intensive care at Red Deer Regional Hospital, down two.

The Central Zone has had 371 deaths linked to COVID-19, with three reported over the past three days.

Active cases across Central Zone (three-day change)

Red Deer County: 67 (-3)

Sylvan Lake: 33 (+10)

Lacombe County: 73 (+4)

Lacombe: 85 (+7)

Ponoka County: 75 (-18)

Brazeau County: 54 (+4)

Clearwater County: 64 (+1)

Mountain View County: 57 (+14)

Olds: 35 (+10)

Kneehill County: 36 (+1)

County of Stettler: 26 (-7)

PROVINCIAL NUMBERS

Across Alberta, another 1,300 new cases of COVID-19 were announced on Monday (586 Nov. 5,430 Nov. 6, 284 Nov. 7) for an average of over 433 per day over the last three days.

That brings the total number of active cases in the province now to 6,387 – up one from Friday.

With 25,987 tests conducted over the last three days, the province’s test positivity rate is roughly five per cent.

There are 2,522 active variant cases in the province or 39.4 per cent of all active cases.

ACTIVE CASES BY AGE GROUP

Under 1 year, 47

1-4 years, 266

5-9 years, 748

10-19 years, 967

20-29 years, 673

30-39 years, 1218

40-49 years, 984

50-59 years, 635

60-69 years, 479

70-79 years, 257

80+ years, 112

There are 608 Albertans currently in hospital with COVID-19, down 52 from Friday, with 135 of those patients in ICU, down six from Friday.

There have been 13 additional deaths reported to Alberta Health since Nov. 4, bringing the total number of deaths in the province due to COVID-19 to 3,155.

  • Date of death: 10/23/2021. An individual, gender unavailable, in their 60s in Edmonton zone.
  • Date of death: 11/01/2021. A male in his 80s in Edmonton zone.
  • Date of death: 11/04/2021. A male in his 70s in North zone.
  • Date of death: 11/04/2021. A male in his 60s in Edmonton zone.
  • Date of death: 11/04/2021. A male in his 70s in North zone.
  • Date of death: 11/04/2021. A male in his 60s in Edmonton zone.
  • Date of death: 11/05/2021. A male in his 70s in South zone.
  • Date of death: 11/05/2021. A male in his 70s in Edmonton zone.
  • Date of death: 11/05/2021. A female in her 50s in Central zone.
  • Date of death: 11/06/2021. A male in his 50s in South zone.
  • Date of death: 11/07/2021. A female in her 70s in Central zone.
  • Date of death: 11/07/2021. A female in her 40s in North zone.
  • Date of death: 11/07/2021. A male in his 80s in Central zone.

VACCINATIONS

As of Nov. 8, a total of 6,631,562 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered, up 25,158 over the last three days.

Across the province, 87.5 per cent of eligible Albertans aged 12+ have received at least one dose (74.4% total population), with 81.2 per cent of those eligible now fully vaccinated (69.1% total population).

In Red Deer, 73,068 (79.7% of eligible & 68.6% *total population) people have received at least one dose, up 161 in the last three days.

Meanwhile, 68,244 (74.4%/64.1%) are fully vaccinated with two doses, up 505 over the last three days.

(*Government of Alberta uses a population of 106,395 for Red Deer; of those 91,672 are eligible)