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By Shane Clausing

COVID-19 update: June 13

Grande Prairie adds five new COVID-19 cases, three recoveries

Jun 13, 2021 | 3:57 PM

The City of Grande Prairie recorded five new COVID-19 cases and three recoveries for Saturday, June 12, bringing the City’s active case total up by two to 53.

In the County of Grande Prairie, there were three new cases along with nine recoveries, the County is now down to 37 active COVID-19 cases.

There were 165 new COVID-19 cases added in Alberta on Saturday, there are currently 3,180 active cases in the province.

Updated case totals among Peace Region municipalities as of June 12 are as follows:

• City of Grande Prairie: 3,921 cases (53 active, 3,839 recovered, 29 deaths)
• County of Grande Prairie: 1,404 cases (37 active, 1,362 recovered, five deaths)
• M.D. of Greenview: 585 cases (three active, 578 recovered, four deaths)
• Birch Hills County: 32 cases (two active, 30 recovered)
• M.D. of Spirit River: 81 cases (all recovered)
• Saddle Hills County: 31 cases (two active, 29 recovered)
• M.D. of Smoky River: 147 cases (one active, 136 recovered, 10 deaths)
• Big Lakes County: 715 cases (five active, 698 recovered, 12 deaths)
• M.D. of Lesser Slave River: 370 cases (13 active, 356 recovered, one death)
• M.D. of Peace: 687 cases (nine active, 678 recovered)
• M.D. of Fairview: 131 cases (129 recovered, two deaths)
• Clear Hills County: 135 cases (134 recovered, one death)
• Northern Sunrise County: 310 cases (309 recovered, one death)
• County of Northern Lights: 136 cases (all recovered)
• Mackenzie County: 1,918 cases (38 active, 1,854 recovered, 26 deaths)
  

Hospitalizations

Hospitalizations for COVID-19 in Alberta decreased by 18 to 272 as of Saturday night, while ICU patients grew by one to 75.

In the North Zone, 25 people remain in hospital, seven of whom are in the ICU.

Fatalities

One new death was reported to Alberta Health over the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll from COVID-19 in the province to 2,270.

Vaccinations

In Grande Prairie, 51.1 per cent of all eligible residents have their first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine, meaning 31,882 people 12 and older have at least one dose. There are 6,960 people, or 11.2 per cent of those eligible, who have been fully vaccinated.

Across Alberta, the number of people who have received at least one dose of vaccine sits at 2,616,440 while 767,586 Albertans have received two doses.

Those totals mean 58.5 per cent of Albertans are immunized with at least one dose, or 68.7 per cent of those aged 12+.

Alberta Health adds 20.2 per cent of the population (17.2+ per cent of those 12+) have been fully vaccinated.

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