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By Shane Clausing

COVID update July 6

Grande Prairie down to seven active COVID-19 cases, Alberta adds 33

Jul 6, 2021 | 3:54 PM

The total number of active COVID-19 cases in the City of Grande Prairie is down to seven after the City saw four recovers and no new cases added for July 5.

In the County of Grande Prairie, there were no new cases and no recoveries reported in the last 24 hours. There remains one active case in the County.

Alberta as a whole added 33 new cases of COVID-19 on 4,415 tests, resulting in a test positivity rate of 0.07 per cent. There are currently 763 active cases in the province.

Updated case totals among Peace Region municipalities as of July 5 are as follows:

• City of Grande Prairie: 3,961 cases (seven active, 3,925 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 (four active, 700 recovered, 13 deaths)
• M.D. of Lesser Slave River: 379 cases (one active, 376 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: 1,935 cases (16 active, 1,893 recovered, 26 deaths)

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Hospitalizations

Across the province, hospitalizations grew by two to 136, while 32 patients remain in the ICU.

In the North Zone, 17 people are in hospital (up two), while there are two people in the ICU (same)

Fatalities

There were two more deaths reported as a result of COVID-19 in Alberta, 2,305 people have now died as a result of COVID-19 in the province.

Vaccinations

In Grande Prairie, 33,812 people have been given at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while 20,787 people, or 33.7 per cent of the population, are fully vaccinated.

Across Alberta, 2,763,981 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine while 1,865,718 Albertans have been fully vaccinated.

This means 73.5 per cent of eligible Albertans have been given at least one dose of the vaccine, while 49.6 per cent of the eligible population has been fully vaccinated.