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The number of cases in the City of Grande Prairie dropped from 18 to 17 on Friday (Photo: Government of Alberta)
covid-19 update

City of Grande Prairie removes one case of COVID-19, province adds seven

Jun 5, 2020 | 3:45 PM

One previously reported case of COVID-19 has been removed from the City of Grande Prairie as the province added seven new cases for June 5, the lowest number of daily cases since March 12.

The province is now reporting 11 active cases in Grande Prairie, with six recovered and 17 in total.

Alberta now has 328 active cases of COVID-19, with the North Zone accounting for 16 of those cases. The province has confirmed that 6,624 cases have recovered, while the North has seen 214 recovered cases.

Case totals among Peace Region municipalities as of June 5 are as follows:

  • City of Grande Prairie: 17 cases (11 active, six recovered)
  • County of Grande Prairie: Six cases (All recovered)
  • M.D. of Greenview: Two cases (Both recovered)
  • M.D. of Smoky River: 68 cases (58 recovered, ten deaths)
  • Big Lakes County: 36 cases (33 recovered, three deaths)
  • M.D. of Lesser Slave River: Five cases (All recovered)
  • Northern Sunrise County: Three cases (All recovered)
  • M.D. of Peace: Seven cases (Six recovered, one death)
  • Clear Hills County: One case (Fatal)
  • County of Northern Lights: One case (Recovered)
  • Mackenzie County: 34 cases (One active, 33 recovered)

No new deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, keeping the total number of deaths caused by COVID-19 in Alberta at 146.

The province has processed 275,524 as of June 5, with 6,455 being completed over the past 24 hours. 19,709 of those tests were completed in the North Zone.

The number of hospitalizations due to COVID-19 in the province went down by four since Thursday, with 44 people currently in hospital, six of whom are in ICU.