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By EverythingGP Staff

COVID-19 Update

Seventh resident of McLennan care home dies from COVID-19

Apr 20, 2020 | 3:58 PM

A seventh resident of the Manoir du Lac continuing care facility in McLennan has died from COVID-19 Monday as four more Albertans have lost their lives due to the novel coronavirus.

Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, announced the fatality during Monday’s COVID-19 update. Fifty-nine Albertans have now died from COVID-19, including nine in the North Zone.

Six new cases of COVID-19 have been identified in the North Zone as the province added 105 new cases on Monday to bring the province’s total number of cases to 2,908. The North Zone has 143 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Of the new cases was the first case identified in Clear Hills County. One new case was added in the M.D. of Smoky River, while four new cases have appeared in Mackenzie County.

The updated case totals in Peace Region as of April 20 are as follows:

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• City of Grande Prairie: Two cases (Both recovered)
• County of Grande Prairie: Five cases (Four active, one recovered)
• M.D. of Greenview: Two cases (One active, one recovered)
• M.D. of Smoky River: 49 cases (20 active, 22 recovered, seven deaths)
• Big Lakes County: 21 cases (Seven active, 13 recovered, one death)
• M.D. of Lesser Slave River: Four cases (All recovered)
• Northern Sunrise County: Three cases (All recovered)
• M.D. of Peace: Seven cases (Two active, five recovered)
• Clear Hills County: One case (Active)
• County of Northern Lights: One case (Recovered)
• Mackenzie County: Ten cases (Nine active, one recovered)

More than 100,000 COVID-19 tests have been administered across the province as of April 20. 8,217 people in Northern Alberta have been tested, an increase of 432 from Sunday.