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By Emily Keller

COVID-19 UPDATE

Second active COVID-19 case identified in City of Grande Prairie

May 21, 2020 | 4:03 PM

A new case of COVID-19 has been reported in the City of Grande Prairie in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of active cases in the city to two. One case was confirmed in Grande Prairie yesterday.

No other new cases were confirmed in the North Zone, while two more have recovered, bringing the active total in the Zone to 16, and 199 recovered. Fifteen people in the North Zone have died from COVID-19.

Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, confirmed 33 new cases of COVID-19 as of May 21, bringing the total number of active cases in the province to 926. She also confirmed that overall in the province, 5,710 have recovered from the novel coronavirus.

Four more deaths were confirmed, including a man in his 70’s, a woman and man in their 80’s, and a woman in her 90’s, all at continuing care facilities in the Calgary Zone. A total of 132 individuals in the province have now died due to COVID-19.

Cases among Peace Region municipalities as of May 21 are as follows:

• City of Grande Prairie: Five cases (Two 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: 32 cases (Four active, 28 recovered)

The amount of COVID-19 hospital admissions increased by one as of May 21 to 59, while six individuals are currently in intensive care units. Two people are in hospital in Northern Alberta.

The province completed 4,017 more tests in the last 24 hours. A total of 225,588 tests have been processed overall, with 15,660 of those tests coming from the North Zone.