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By Shane Clausing

COVID update July 5

Grande Prairie adds one new COVID-19 case over weekend, Alberta adds 139

Jul 5, 2021 | 4:13 PM

The City of Grande Prairie’s active COVID-19 case total continued to fall from July 2-4, as the City reported just one new case during that span, along with 14 recoveries. There are currently 11 active cases in the City.

In the County of Grande Prairie, there were no new cases identified and one recovery, bringing the active case total in the county down to one.

Alberta as a whole added 139 new cases from July 2-4. There are currently 831 active cases in the province. There was a 1.1 per cent test positivity rate over the three days.

Elsewhere in the Peace Region, the M.D. of Peace added ten new cases, while the M.D. of Fairview added nine new cases.

Updated case totals among Peace Region municipalities as of July 4 are as follows:

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• City of Grande Prairie: 3,961 cases (11 active, 3,921 recovered, 29 deaths)
• County of Grande Prairie: 1,413 cases (one active, 1,407 recovered, five deaths)
• M.D. of Greenview: 593 cases (589 recovered, four deaths)
• Birch Hills County: 33 cases (all recovered)
• M.D. of Spirit River: 81 cases (all recovered)
• Saddle Hills County: 31 cases (all recovered)
• M.D. of Smoky River: 147 cases (137 recovered, 10 deaths)
• Big Lakes County: 717 cases (five active, 699 recovered, 13 deaths)
• M.D. of Lesser Slave River: 379 cases (five active, 372 recovered, two deaths)
• M.D. of Peace: 702 cases (12 active, 690 recovered)
• M.D. of Fairview: 142 cases (11 active, 129 recovered, two deaths)
• Clear Hills County: 135 cases (134 recovered, one death)
• Northern Sunrise County: 311 cases (310 recovered, one death)
• County of Northern Lights: 136 cases (all recovered)
• Mackenzie County: 1,934 cases (16 active, 1,892 recovered, 26 deaths)

Hospitalizations

Across the province, hospitalizations fell by eight to 136, while ICU patients fell by one to 32.

In the North Zone, 15 people are in hospital (up two), while two remain in the ICU (same).

Fatalities

Two new deaths were reported bringing the province’s COVID-19 death toll to 2,303.

Vaccinations

In Grande Prairie, 33,734 people have been given at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while 20,038 people, or 32.5 per cent of the population, is fully vaccinated.

Across Alberta, 2,759,600 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine while 1,819,268 Albertans have been fully vaccinated.

This means 73.4 per cent of eligible Albertans have been given at least one dose of the vaccine, while 48.4 per cent of the eligible population has been fully vaccinated.