Province adds 35 COVID cases, no new deaths

EDMONTON Thirty-five new cases of COVID-19 were identified in Alberta Tuesday, bringing the number of active cases to 449. No new deaths were reported.

There have been 6,882 recoveries in the province while 151 people have died from COVID -19. The total number of active cases increased by nine on Tuesday, up from 440 the previous day when accounting for all factors, such as recoveries.

The Edmonton zone continues to see the largest increase with the total jumping to 190 active cases, up from 175 on Monday. The capital region has had 529 recoveries, three more than on Monday, while 13 people in the zone have died from COVID-19.

Edmonton-area hospitals are treating 10 COVID-19 patients with two in intensive care units. The province currently has 36 hospitalizations, seven of whom are in intensive care.

The Calgary zone continues to have the most active cases in the province with 208 and in-recovered cases with 4,786.

However, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, said on Monday Edmonton has been closing the gap between the province’s two largest cities since the beginning of June.

“We need to continue being cautious and protecting each other,” said Hinshaw at her Monday update.

“I don’t think that this is entirely due to relaunch. I think it’s due partly to people really just needing to have social interaction and unfortunately, sometimes forgetting that need to be cautious during that social interaction.”

The north zone currently has 26 active cases and 226 recovered cases, while the south zone has 23 active cases and 1,244 recoveries. Central Alberta has had the lowest number of cases with two active and 85 recoveries.

Provincial labs completed 349,836 tests as of Tuesday. A total of 6,587 tests were completed in the last 24 hours.

Long-term care homes across Alberta currently have 28 cases while there have been 704 recoveries at these facilities.

Across the country, there have been 99,147 total cases, 8,175 deaths and 61,042 recovered cases, according to the latest numbers from Health Canada. Numbers from the World Health Organization (WHO) show there have been 7,941,791 cases and 434,796 deaths globally.