Health

Active cases in Red Deer drop 1/3rd over past week, city up to 72 deaths

Red Deer now sits at 535 active cases of COVID-19, down 23 from Thursday. That's also down 262 or 32.9 per cent over the last seven days, after the city peaked at 915 on Sept. 27.Meantime, the city's ...

Oct 15, 2021

Alberta adds 16 more COVID-linked deaths

Red Deer now sits at 797 active cases of COVID-19, up 10 from Thursday.Meantime, the city's total number of recorded cases is up 74 to 8,430 over the last day, while recoveries are up 64 to 7,565.Red ...

Oct 08, 2021

Red Deer hits record high for active COVID cases with 915

Red Deer has 915 active cases of COVID-19, up 130 from Friday, and setting a new record for the city.The previous high was 911 on May 8 at the peak of the third wave.Recoveries are listed at 6,826, up...

Sheldon Spackman Sep 27, 2021

Red Deer with 14 COVID-linked deaths this month, AB up to 2,622 total

Red Deer now sits at 785 active cases of COVID-19, up 23 from Thursday, and up from 105 from a week ago. The increase comes after three straight days of declines.That's the highest active caseload in ...

Sep 24, 2021

Red Deer up to 778 active cases, adds 1,805 vaccine doses over weekend

Red Deer has 778 active cases of COVID-19, up 98 from Friday's update.That's the highest since the city had 802 on May 14. Red Deer peaked at 911 on May 8.Recoveries are listed at 6,500, up 89, as Red...

Sep 20, 2021

Red Deer hits 50 deaths as Alberta adds 2,020 new cases of COVID-19

Red Deer now sits at 680 active cases of COVID-19, up 86 from Thursday, and up from 495 a week ago. That's the highest active caseload in the city since May 16. The city peaked at 911 active cases on ...

Sep 17, 2021

Red Deer hits 70% first dose as cases, deaths continue surging

Red Deer has 597 active cases of COVID-19, up 102 from Friday's update.Recoveries are listed at 6,234, up 84, as Red Deer added 186 new COVID cases over the last three days for a total of 6,875.Red De...

Sheldon Spackman Sep 13, 2021

Province adds 10 more COVID deaths, 54 in last week

Red Deer now sits at 495 active cases of COVID-19, up just three from Thursday, and up from 393 a week ago.The city's total number of recorded cases is up 40 to 6,689, while recoveries are up 37 to 6,...

Sep 10, 2021

Alberta adds 18 COVID-linked deaths in one day

As of initial writing, Alberta Health's reporting of COVID-19 statistics for Sept. 8 is delayed.However, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical officer of health, shared on Twitter just after...

Sep 08, 2021

Poll: majority of Canadians favour vaccine passport for non-essential places

A new poll suggests eight out of 10 Canadians backed the notion of a COVID-19 vaccine passport in the days leading up to this week's rollout of a certificate system in Quebec and news that Ontario wou...

Sep 03, 2021