Health

Red Deer down to 256 active COVID-19 cases

Alberta reported another 843 cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday. That's out of 10,301 test results over the past 24 hours for a positivity rate of 8.2 per cent.There are now 13,411 active cases in Alberta, ...

Jan 05, 2021

Dr. Hinshaw shares COVID-19 update for Jan. 5

Alberta's chief medical officer of health is set to provide her first update of the year on the COVID-19 situation in the province.Dr. Deena Hinshaw will speak during a news conference scheduled for 3...

Jan 05, 2021

Shandro, Hinshaw say vaccine wastage "extremely limited"

Health Minister Tyler Shandro and chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw say that while some vaccine wastage is unavoidable in large-scale vaccination programs, in the case of COVID-19 is "...

Andrew Snook Jan 05, 2021

Alberta loses first health worker to COVID-19

Over the five days between Dec. 30 and Jan. 3, 96 Albertans died of COVID-19 to bring the province's total to 1,142. One of the province's latest deaths from COVID-19 was a health care worker. "We hav...

Jan 04, 2021

UK ramps up inoculations with Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

LONDON - Britain on Monday took another giant step in the fight against COVID-19, ramping up its immunization program by giving the first shots in the world from the vaccine created by Oxford Universi...

Jan 04, 2021

Bucs, Titans duelling in support of Canadian Blood Services

The Central Alberta Buccaneers and Red Deer Titans are in the midst of their 'Winter Blood Fest' challenge to drum up donations for Canadian Blood Services. "Because of COVID restrictions we can't sen...

Jan 02, 2021

Alberta reports 900 COVID-19 cases Saturday in brief update

Alberta reported an estimated 900 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday. That's out of about 12,700 test results for a positivity rate of seven per cent. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer...

Jan 02, 2021

Alberta's COVID-19 vaccine distribution increases; 1,300 new cases reported

EDMONTON, AB- Alberta announced an estimated 1,300 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday.That's out of about 16,000 test results for a positivity rate of approx. eight per cent.Dr. Deena Hinshaw provided a ...

Jan 02, 2021

COVID-19 outbreaks in two units at Red Deer Regional Hospital

Alberta Health Services (AHS) say they are continuing to implement pandemic response measures at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre (RDRHC) to ensure the site has capacity for those who need the specia...

Dec 31, 2020

Red Deer health care aide charged under Federal Quarantine Act

Red Deer RCMP have charged a health care aide employee under the Federal Quarantine Act following an investigation in collaboration with Alberta Health Services (AHS).On Oct. 19, Red Deer RCMP was con...

Dec 31, 2020