There were six new COVID-19 cases and three recoveries in the City of Grande Prairie on Thursday (Photo: Government of Alberta)

By Shaun Penner

COVID-19 UPDATE: October 23

Six new COVID-19 cases in City of Grande Prairie, four in County

Oct 23, 2020 | 4:03 PM

Alberta Health is reporting six new COVID-19 cases in the City of Grande Prairie for Thursday, while the province added another 432 for October 22.

The six new cases in the Swan City come as three more cases were reclassified to recovered, leaving 62 cases active. There were also four new cases reported in the County of Grande Prairie, where there are 12 active cases.

Combined, the City and County of Grande Prairie have 74 active COVID-19 cases as of the end of day October 22. In the event that the two municipalities combine to have 100 active cases, the City of Grande Prairie’s Mandatory Face Covering Bylaw would come into effect for all public indoor spaces and public vehicles, unless separated from others by an installed screen, shield or barrier.

READ MORE: Grande Prairie City Council passes face covering bylaw

Alberta Health also added the Grande Prairie RCMP detachment to its outbreak site list on Friday, where they confirm there are 14 active cases linked to it as of October 22.

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There are two other outbreak sites listed in Grande Prairie, including the Walmart Supercentre and Prairie Lakes Seniors’ facility. Alberta Health says there is one active and 10 recovered cases linked to the Walmart outbreak, while both cases linked to Prairie Lakes are considered recovered.

“Locations of outbreaks in acute care and continuing care facilities are reported publicly when there are two or more cases, indicating that a transmission within the facility has occurred,” explains Alberta Health.

“Outbreaks are declared over when 4 weeks have passed with no new cases.”

Updated case totals among Peace Region municipalities as of the end of day October 22 are as follows:

• City of Grande Prairie: 203 cases (62 active, 139 recovered, two deaths)
• County of Grande Prairie: 78 cases (12 active, 66 recovered)
• M.D. of Greenview: 19 cases (two active, 16 recovered, one death)
• Birch Hills County: Five cases (all recovered)
• M.D. of Spirit River: 26 cases (12 active, 14 recovered)
• Saddle Hills County: Four cases (one active, three recovered)
• M.D. of Smoky River: 75 cases (65 recovered, ten deaths)
• Big Lakes County: 52 cases (two active, 45 recovered, five deaths)
• M.D. of Lesser Slave River: 19 cases (one active, 17 recovered, one death)
• M.D. of Peace: 33 cases (five active, 28 recovered)
• M.D. of Fairview: 16 cases (all recovered)
• Clear Hills County: 94 cases (two active, 91 recovered, one death)
• Northern Sunrise County: Nine cases (all recovered)
• County of Northern Lights: 58 cases (one active, 57 recovered)
• Mackenzie County: 413 cases (five active, 395 recovered, 13 deaths)

Hospitalizations remain low in the North Zone, as four people are in hospital, two of whom are in intensive care. In Alberta, there are 112 people in hospital with 14 of those individuals in an ICU.

Thursday’s case increase comes as 15,208 tests were processed, creating a positivity rate of 2.84 per cent for Thursday. A total of 118,120 people from northern Alberta have been tested, an increase of 785 over the last 24 hours.

Four more deaths were linked to COVID-19, one in the Calgary Zone and three in Edmonton Zone, bringing the death toll to 300 in Alberta.

There are 3,651 active cases of COVID-19 in Alberta, with 20,310 cases considered recovered.

COVID-19 data for Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Alberta will be updated on Monday afternoon.