There are now 16 active cases in the City of Grande Prairie as of September 3 (Photo: Government of Alberta)

By Shaun Penner

COVID-19 UPDATE

City, County of Grande Prairie add no new COVID-19 cases

Sep 4, 2020 | 4:08 PM

Thursday marked a COVID-19 milestone in Alberta, as the province surpassed 1,000,000 tests processed since March.

As the provincial lab turned around 10,709 tests on Thursday, the province reached 1,005,001 tests processed on 792,965 Albertans as of the end of day September 3.

“The milestone that we’ve hit is a testament to the innovation of our public health lab, to the tireless efforts of our staff and partners, such as pharmacists who are taking the samples, and the lab processing them,” said chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, during her update Thursday.

“It is a good opportunity to recognize the work that has gone into that number, and really celebrate all of that work and those contributions.”

From Thursday’s testing, there were 164 new cases of COVID-19 in the province, none of which were identified in the Grande Prairie area. The City of Grande Prairie posted two recoveries as well, dropping the active case total in the Swan City to 16.

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Elsewhere in the Peace Region, there was one new case identified in the Spirit River area, where there are now six active cases after adding five on Wednesday. There were also three new cases identified in the Clear Hills County area.

Alberta Health has also reported a new outbreak site in Clear Hills County, at Zavisha Sawmills in Hines Creek. Both Heritage Lodge and Signature Support Services in Grande Prairie are still listed as outbreak sites as of Friday.

Updated case numbers among Peace Region municipalities as of the end of day September 3 are as follows:

• City of Grande Prairie: 88 cases (16 active, 70 recovered, two deaths)
• County of Grande Prairie: 43 cases (Two active, 41 recovered)
• M.D. of Greenview: 12 cases (11 recovered, one death)
• Birch Hills County: Three cases (All recovered)
• M.D. of Spirit River: Nine cases (Six active, three recovered)
• M.D. of Smoky River: 74 cases (One active, 63 recovered, ten deaths)
• Big Lakes County: 48 cases (43 recovered, five deaths)
• M.D. of Lesser Slave River: Seven cases (Two active, five recovered)
• M.D. of Peace: 13 cases (Two active, 11 recovered)
• M.D. of Fairview: 11 cases (Nine active, two recovered)
• Clear Hills County: 61 cases (23 active, 37 recovered, one death)
• Northern Sunrise County: Six cases (All recovered)
• County of Northern Lights: 19 cases (Two active, 17 recovered)
• Mackenzie County: 322 cases (67 active, 245 recovered, 10 deaths)

Active cases in Alberta increased to 1,433 as of the end of day September 3, while 12,799 people have recovered. For a second straight day, no new deaths were reported by Alberta Health, keeping the COVID-19 death toll at 242.

Hospitalizations sit at 47 as of the end of day Thursday in Alberta, with nine of those individuals in ICU. In the North Zone, nine people are in hospital with no one in intensive care.