A case in the City of Grande Prairie is one of 333 recoveries reported in Alberta on Wednesday (Photo: Government of Alberta)

By Shaun Penner

COVID-19 UPDATE

Province adds 70 new COVID-19 cases, over 300 recoveries Wednesday

May 6, 2020 | 4:00 PM

One of the two active cases of COVID-19 in the City of Grande Prairie is reported to have recovered Wednesday, as the province added 70 new cases for May 6.

This means there is now one active case, while three have recovered in the Swan City as of Wednesday. There remains one active case in the County of Grande Prairie, while four have recovered.

Eight of the new cases reported in Alberta Wednesday were in the North Zone. An updated total among Peace Region municipalities can be found below:

• City of Grande Prairie: Four cases (One active, three recovered)
• County of Grande Prairie: Five cases (One active, four recovered)
• M.D. of Greenview: Two cases (One active, one recovered)
• M.D. of Smoky River: 67 cases (18 active, 39 recovered, ten deaths)
• Big Lakes County: 38 cases (11 active, 24 recovered, two deaths)
• M.D. of Lesser Slave River: Six cases (One active, five recovered)
• Northern Sunrise County: Three cases (All recovered)
• M.D. of Peace: Seven cases (All recovered)
• Clear Hills County: One case (Fatal)
• County of Northern Lights: One case (Recovered)
• Mackenzie County: 30 cases (11 active, 19 recovered)

Wednesday’s increase in cases means 5,963 cases of COVID-19 have now been confirmed in Alberta as of May 6, with 229 of those coming in the North Zone.

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Recovered cases increased by 333 on Wednesday to 3,552. That means 59.6 per cent of all cases reported in Alberta have recovered from the illness.

3,494 tests for COVID-19 have been processed over the last 24 hours, including 264 for Northern Alberta residents. 160,185 tests have now been completed as of May 6 in Alberta, while 12,398 have been completed in the North.

Six more deaths were reported on Wednesday to bring the province’s death toll due to COVID-19 to 112. No deaths were reported in the North Zone, keeping the number of fatalities at 15.