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By Shaun Penner

COVID-19 UPDATE: November 23

City of Grande Prairie adds two new COVID-19 cases, six recoveries

Nov 23, 2020 | 2:29 PM

The City of Grande Prairie added two new cases of COVID-19 for Sunday, November 22, as well as six more recoveries to bring the active case total in the Swan City down to 82.

The new cases come as the province added 1,549 new cases, along with five more deaths related to COVID-19. One of those deaths was in the Fairview area, which is the first COVID-19 fatality recorded in the area. Alberta Health says it was a man in his 80’s, linked to the outbreak at the QEII Hospital in Grande Prairie.

Elsewhere in the Peace Country, the County of Grande Prairie added two new cases and two recoveries, leaving the active case total at 42. The MD of Greenview added 10 new cases over the last 24 hours and three recoveries, where there are now 40 active cases.

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

• City of Grande Prairie: 442 cases (82 active, 356 recovered, four deaths)
• County of Grande Prairie: 163 cases (42 active, 120 recovered, one death)
• M.D. of Greenview: 80 cases (40 active, 39 recovered, one death)
• Birch Hills County: Five cases (all recovered)
• M.D. of Spirit River: 29 cases (one active, 28 recovered)
• Saddle Hills County: Eight cases (four active, four recovered)
• M.D. of Smoky River: 79 cases (two active, 67 recovered, ten deaths)
• Big Lakes County: 56 cases (three active, 48 recovered, five deaths)
• M.D. of Lesser Slave River: 38 cases (ten active, 28 recovered)
• M.D. of Peace: 108 cases (35 active, 73 recovered)
• M.D. of Fairview: 52 cases (eight active, 43 recovered, one death)
• Clear Hills County: 98 cases (97 recovered, one death)
• Northern Sunrise County: 16 cases (two active, 14 recovered)
• County of Northern Lights: 67 cases (five active, 62 recovered)
• Mackenzie County: 429 cases (ten active, 406 recovered, 13 deaths)

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The update on COVID-19 in Alberta came earlier than usual Monday afternoon from chief medical officer Dr. Deena Hinshaw, who provided a brief update before she was to provide new recommendations for public health measures to the Priorities Implementation Committee of the provincial cabinet.

She says details on new measures to try to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the province will be given on Tuesday.

Asked what those recommendations might be, Hinshaw would not specify.

“There is no one single way through this pandemic, and the decisions around COVID-19 restrictions are very challenging.

“My role is to provide advice and recommendations, and the role of elected officials is to make decisions on those policy options. There will be more information available tomorrow (Tuesday).”

Hospitalizations sit at 328 in Alberta as of the end of day Sunday, with 62 of those people in an ICU.

In the North Zone, there are 17 people in hospital, two of whom are in intensive care.

The province conducted 19,474 tests on Sunday, creating a provincial positivity rate of 7.95 per cent.