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Eight new cases of COVID-19 in North Zone, 216 new in Alberta

Apr 25, 2020 | 4:04 PM

UPDATE (7:10 p.m. April 25): Six new cases were identified in the Big Lakes County area Saturday, while one new case was reported in the Mackenzie County area. A full list of cases by Peace Region municipality can be found below.

Eight new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the North Zone Saturday, while 216 new cases have been recorded in the province overall as of April 25.

Alberta now has 4,233 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus. 173 of those cases come from the North Zone, with seven new cases in the Peace Region.

Six of those cases were identified in the Big Lakes County area Saturday, while one new case was reported in the Mackenzie County area.

No fatalities were confirmed in the North Zone, but one additional death has been confirmed in the province in the Calgary Zone. 73 Albertans have now died from COVID-19.

Case totals for Peace Region municipalities as of April 25 can be found below:

  • City of Grande Prairie: Two cases (Both recovered)
  • County of Grande Prairie: Five cases (Four active, one recovered)
  • M.D. of Greenview: Two cases (One active, one recovered)
  • M.D. of Smoky River: 51 cases (17 active, 24 recovered, ten deaths)
  • Big Lakes County: 28 cases (11 active, 15 recovered, two deaths)
  • M.D. of Lesser Slave River: Five cases (One active, four recovered)
  • Northern Sunrise County: Three cases (All recovered)
  • M.D. of Peace: Seven cases (One active, six recovered)
  • Clear Hills County: One case (Fatal)
  • County of Northern Lights: One case (Recovered)
  • Mackenzie County: 18 cases (17 active, one recovered)

Fourty-one more individuals are confirmed to have recovered over the past 24 hours, bringing the total of recovered cases in Alberta to 1,471.

There have been a total of 127,165 completed tests in the province as of April 25. 9,805 of those tests have been completed in the North Zone.

Seventy-seven Albertans are in hospital at this time. 20 are in Intensive Care.