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By Shane Clausing

COVID-19 update January 4

Grande Prairie records 80 new COVID-19 cases since Dec. 28, Alberta up to 34,000 active cases

Jan 4, 2022 | 4:28 PM

The Omicron COVID-19 variant appears to have found its way to Grande Prairie.

Since December 28, the City of Grande Prairie recorded 80 new COVID-19 cases along with 14 recoveries, bringing the total number of active cases in the city from 47 up to 112.

In the County of Grande Prairie, there were 63 new cases and 21 recoveries reported, bringing the total number of active cases in that region to 87 active.

Across the province, Alberta added 19,738 new cases.

There are now 34,276 active cases in the province. Provincial officials say with the rollout of rapid tests to most households, the actual number of COVID-19 cases in the province is likely higher than what is being reported.

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Between December 28 and January 3, the province had a test positivity rate of 28-30 per cent.

There were 12 new deaths reported to Alberta Health as a result of COVID-19. One of the deaths was someone from Grande Prairie, while another was a child between the age of 5-9.

Alberta Health did not specify which zone the deaths were in today. Information on the death of the child will not be released.

Active case totals, as of January 3 among Peace Region municipalities, are as follows:

• City of Grande Prairie: 112 active (+65)
• County of Grande Prairie: 87 active (+35)
• MD of Greenview: 19 active (+16)
• Birch Hills County: one active (-2)
• MD of Spirit River: 12 active (-11)
• Saddle Hills County: two active (61)
• MD of Peace: 20 active (+10)
• MD of Fairview: five active (+1)
• MD of Smoky River: five active (+2)
• Big Lakes County: 17 active (+12)
• Clear Hills County: zero active (-)
• County of Northern Lights: nine active (+1)
• Northern Sunrise County: two active (+1)
• Mackenzie County: 15 active (+15)
  

Across the province, hospitalizations grew to 436 (up 87), with 61 of those patients in the ICU (up four). Of those in the hospital, 160 are unvaccinated, while in the ICU, 44 of the 61 patients are unvaccinated.

In the North Zone, 44 people are in hospital (up nine), three of whom are in the ICU (stable).

In Grande Prairie, 70.8 per cent of those eligible (ages five and older) have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while 63.6 per cent of those residents have been fully vaccinated.

In Alberta, 89.4 per cent of eligible Albertans aged 12 and older have received at least one dose of the vaccine, while 85.3 per cent of those eligible are fully vaccinated.