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By Shaun Penner

COVID-19 UPDATE

New case of COVID-19 in Grande Prairie

May 20, 2020 | 3:51 PM

The City of Grande Prairie added a new case of COVID-19 on Wednesday, which was one of just 19 new cases identified in Alberta for May 20.

There are now 970 active cases across Alberta as of Wednesday, while 5,637 people have recovered. There were also no new deaths for a second day in a row, keeping the number of fatalities attributed to COVID-19 at 128.

The new case in Grande Prairie was the only new case identified in the North Zone Wednesday. There are now 18 active cases of COVID-19 in Northern Alberta and 197 recovered cases. Fifteen people in the North Zone have died from the novel coronavirus.

Cases among Peace Region municipalities as of May 20 are as follows:

• City of Grande Prairie: Four cases (One active, three recovered)
• County of Grande Prairie: Five cases (One active, four recovered)
• M.D. of Greenview: Two cases (One active, one recovered)
• M.D. of Smoky River: 67 cases (Three active, 54 recovered, ten deaths)
• Big Lakes County: 36 cases (One active, 33 recovered, two deaths)
• M.D. of Lesser Slave River: Five cases (All recovered)
• Northern Sunrise County: Three cases (All recovered)
• M.D. of Peace: Seven cases (Six recovered, one death)
• Clear Hills County: One case (Fatal)
• County of Northern Lights: One case (Recovered)
• Mackenzie County: 33 cases (Seven active, 26 recovered)

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Hospital admissions for COVID-19 decreased by three on Wednesday to 58, while ICU admissions are down to just seven as of May 20. There are only two people in the North Zone in hospital as of Wednesday.

Over the last 24 hours, 2,114 more people were tested in Alberta and 125 more were tested from Northern Alberta. A total of 221,571 tests have been processed in Alberta for COVID-19.

This was the first weekday in which Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, did not provide an update on COVID-19 in the province. She announced last week that in-person updates will be provided on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays starting next week.

Because of the holiday Monday this week, she will be giving her next update on Thursday afternoon.