Active cases in the City of Grande Prairie decreased by one over the last 24 hours (Photo: Government of Alberta)

By Shaun Penner

COVID-19 UPDATE: October 29

Six new COVID-19 cases in Grande Prairie, seven recoveries

Oct 29, 2020 | 3:47 PM

The City of Grande Prairie added six new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, while there were 477 new cases in Alberta on October 28.

There were also seven more recoveries on Wednesday, bringing the City’s active case total down to 92. The County of Grande Prairie also added two new cases while reporting three recoveries, where there are now 18 active cases.

Updated case totals among Peace Region municipalities as of the end of day October 28 are as follows:

• City of Grande Prairie: 261 cases (92 active, 167 recovered, two deaths)
• County of Grande Prairie: 90 cases (18 active, 72 recovered)
• M.D. of Greenview: 23 cases (six active, 16 recovered, one death)
• Birch Hills County: Five cases (all recovered)
• M.D. of Spirit River: 27 cases (six active, 21 recovered)
• Saddle Hills County: Four cases (one active, three recovered)
• M.D. of Smoky River: 76 cases (one active, 65 recovered, ten deaths)
• Big Lakes County: 53 cases (one active, 47 recovered, five deaths)
• M.D. of Lesser Slave River: 23 cases (four active, 18 recovered, one death)
• M.D. of Peace: 36 cases (eight active, 28 recovered)
• M.D. of Fairview: 17 cases (one active, 16 recovered)
• Clear Hills County: 96 cases (two active, 93 recovered, one death)
• Northern Sunrise County: Nine cases (all recovered)
• County of Northern Lights: 59 cases (one active, 58 recovered)
• Mackenzie County: 414 cases (six active, 395 recovered, 13 deaths)

Hospitalizations remain low in the North Zone, with three people in hospital, two of whom are in intensive care. Across Alberta there are 130 people in hospital, 70 of whom are in the Edmonton Zone and 51 of whom are in the Calgary Zone. Eighteen of the Albertans in hospital have been admitted into an ICU.

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The province’s increase in cases came with a 3.9 positivity rate as the provincial lab processed 12,153 tests. A total of 122,353 people from the North Zone have been tested, an increase of 550 over the last 24 hours.

Five more deaths were linked to COVID-19 on Wednesday in Alberta, increasing the death toll to 318.

There are 4,921 active cases of COVID-19 in Alberta while 21,803 people have recovered.