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By Shaun Penner

COVID-19 UPDATE: October 20

Ten new COVID-19 cases in Grande Prairie

Oct 20, 2020 | 3:59 PM

There were 10 new COVID-19 cases reported in the City of Grande Prairie, while the province of Alberta added 323 new cases on Monday.

The City of Grande Prairie now has 57 active cases, as there were two more recoveries. There were no new cases reported in the County of Grande Prairie on Monday, where there are seven active cases. One new case was identified in the MD of Greenview, where there are now two active cases.

Elsewhere in the Peace Region, the Spirit River area has fallen under an Alberta Health Watch, as there were four new cases identified there. There are now 13 active cases in that area, which brings the rate of active cases to 420.5 per 100,000 people.

The province classifies an area under a watch when active cases reach beyond 50 per 100,000 people, with at least 10 cases.

The watch means the province is monitoring the risk and discussing with local officials about the possible need for additional health measures, though no additional measures have been issued at this time.

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Updated case numbers among Peace Region municipalities as of the end of day October 19 are as follows:

• City of Grande Prairie: 185 cases (57 active, 126 recovered, two deaths)
• County of Grande Prairie: 72 cases (seven active, 65 recovered)
• M.D. of Greenview: 18 cases (two active, 15 recovered, one death)
• Birch Hills County: Five cases (all recovered)
• M.D. of Spirit River: 25 cases (13 active, 12 recovered)
• Saddle Hills County: Three cases (one active, two recovered)
• M.D. of Smoky River: 75 cases (one active, 64 recovered, ten deaths)
• Big Lakes County: 52 cases (five active, 42 recovered, five deaths)
• M.D. of Lesser Slave River: 19 cases (one active, 17 recovered, one death)
• M.D. of Peace: 28 cases (one active, 27 recovered)
• M.D. of Fairview: 16 cases (all recovered)
• Clear Hills County: 94 cases (three active, 90 recovered, one death)
• Northern Sunrise County: Nine cases (all recovered)
• County of Northern Lights: 58 cases (two active, 56 recovered)
• Mackenzie County: 413 cases (six active, 394 recovered, 13 deaths)

The rise in cases reported Tuesday come as just over 13,000 tests were processed at the provincial lab, making a positivity rate of 2.48 per cent. In the North Zone, 702 more people had there tests processed, bringing the total to 116,146 since March.

Hospitalizations sat at 116 in Alberta as of Monday, with 16 of those individuals in intensive case. Those ICU admissions occupy 23 per cent of Alberta’s capacity.

Hospitalizations remain low in the North Zone, with four people in hospital, two of whom are in an ICU.

There are now 3,203 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, while 19,500 people have recovered. One more fatality was reported in the province that was linked to COVID-19, bringing the death toll to 293.