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There were two new cases identified in the City of Grande Prairie in Friday's update (Photo: Government of Alberta)
By Shaun Penner
COVID-19 UPDATE

Alberta adds 134 new COVID-19 cases, two new in Grande Prairie

Aug 7, 2020 | 3:40 PM

After six straight days of reporting under 100 new cases of COVID-19, Alberta added 134 new cases on Thursday.

Active cases in the province now sit at 1,125, as total recoveries topped 10,000 on Thursday to reach 10,097.

There were three more deaths attributed to COVID-19 over the last 24 hours, including another fatality in the Mackenzie County area, which has now had three deaths attributed to COVID-19. Alberta wide, the death toll now sits at 208.

In the Peace Region, there were two new cases identified in the City of Grande Prairie to move the active case total to 11. There was also a recovered case reclassified as an active case in the Big Lakes County area on Thursday.

Updated case totals among Peace Region municipalities as of the end of day August 6 are as follows:

  • City of Grande Prairie: 40 cases (11 active, 29 recovered)
  • County of Grande Prairie: 23 cases (Three active, 20 recovered)
  • M.D. of Greenview: Eight cases (Three active, five recovered)
  • Birch Hills County: Two cases (Both recovered)
  • M.D. of Spirit River: Three cases (Two active, one recovered)
  • M.D. of Smoky River: 73 cases (63 recovered, ten deaths)
  • Big Lakes County: 47 cases (One active, 41 recovered, five deaths)
  • M.D. of Lesser Slave River: Five cases (All recovered)
  • M.D. of Peace: Seven cases (All recovered)
  • M.D. of Fairview: Two Cases (Both recovered)
  • Clear Hills County: 24 cases (All recovered)
  • Northern Sunrise County: Four cases (All recovered)
  • County of Northern Lights: Five cases (One active, four recovered)
  • Mackenzie County: 181 cases (55 active, 123 recovered, three deaths)

Hospitalizations in the province saw a decline to 68 on Thursday, down eight from the day prior. Of those in hospital, 18 are in ICU.

In the North Zone, nine people are in hospital with COVID-19 with three of those individuals in ICU.

The provincial lab processed a total of 8,553 tests on Thursday, bringing the total number of tests completed to 743,885 since March. In the North Zone, 51,471 people have been tested, an increase of 410 from Wednesday.

by Shaun Penner