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By Shane Clausing
COVID update July 7

No new COVID-19 cases or recoveries reported in Grande Prairie, County adds two

Jul 7, 2021 | 3:48 PM

The City of Grande Prairie remained at seven active COVID-19 cases for July 6, after there were no new cases or recoveries reported over the last 24 hours.

In the County of Grande Prairie, there were two new COVID-19 cases and no recoveries. The County is now up to three active cases.

As a whole, Alberta added 67 new cases on 6,162 tests completed, resulting in a one per cent test positivity rate. There are currently 745 active cases in the province.

Updated case totals among Peace Region municipalities as of July 6 are as follows:

  • City of Grande Prairie: 3,961 cases (seven active, 3,925 recovered, 29 deaths)
  • County of Grande Prairie: 1,415 cases (two 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: 82 cases (one active, 81 recovered)
  • Saddle Hills County: 31 cases (all recovered)
  • M.D. of Smoky River: 147 cases (137 recovered, 10 deaths)
  • Big Lakes County: 722 cases (nine 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: 1,941 cases (17 active, 1,898 recovered, 26 deaths)

Hospitalizations

Across the province, hospitalizations grew by four to 140, while ICU patients fell by two down to 30.

In the North Zone, 18 people are in hospital (up one), while there are two people in the ICU (same)

Fatalities

There were two more deaths reported as a result of COVID-19 in Alberta, 2,307 people have now died from COVID-19 complications in the province.

Vaccinations

In Grande Prairie, 33,911 people have been given at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while 21,568 people, or 35.0 per cent of the population, are fully vaccinated.

Across Alberta, 2,768,182 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine while 1,905,400 Albertans have been fully vaccinated.

This means 73.6 per cent of eligible Albertans have been given at least one dose of the vaccine, while 50.7 per cent of the eligible population has been fully vaccinated.

by Shane Clausing