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By Shaun Penner

COVID-19 UPDATE: November 18

City of Grande Prairie records third COVID-19 death

Nov 18, 2020 | 4:20 PM

One of 11 deaths linked to COVID-19 over the last 24 hours in Alberta has been reported in the City of Grande Prairie, becoming the third fatality in the City since March from COVID-19.

Alberta Health says the individual was a man in his 60s, not in a continuing care facility. There have now been 41 people from the North Zone who have died from COVID-19 related complications since March. Those deaths are a part of the 443 in Alberta over that time.

Pointing to the fact that 111 Albertans have died in the month of November from COVID-19, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw stressed her concern with the rising number of “human costs” this month.

“We have lost Albertans to other causes in this time as well, and they are also mourned and missed. But the difference is that we did not have the collective power to prevent all of those other deaths. With COVID-19, we do have that power.”

“Almost one-quarter of our COVID-19 deaths have happened since November 1. If we do not change our trajectory, the implications are grim.”

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The death was announced as the City added four new cases of COVID-19, along with seven more recoveries. There are now 83 active cases in the City as of the end of the day Tuesday.

Meanwhile, in the County of Grande Prairie, there were two new cases reported along with three recoveries, dropping the active case total there to 32.

Updated case totals among Peace Region municipalities as of the end of day November 17 are as follows:

• City of Grande Prairie: 411 cases (83 active, 325 recovered, three deaths)
• County of Grande Prairie: 146 cases (32 active, 113 recovered, one death)
• M.D. of Greenview: 62 cases (31 active, 30 recovered, one death)
• Birch Hills County: Five cases (all recovered)
• M.D. of Spirit River: 28 cases (all recovered)
• Saddle Hills County: Eight cases (four active, four recovered)
• M.D. of Smoky River: 78 cases (two active, 66 recovered, ten deaths)
• Big Lakes County: 54 cases (one active, 48 recovered, five deaths)
• M.D. of Lesser Slave River: 32 cases (seven active, 25 recovered)
• M.D. of Peace: 91 cases (40 active, 51 recovered)
• M.D. of Fairview: 51 cases (14 active, 37 recovered)
• Clear Hills County: 98 cases (one active, 96 recovered, one death)
• Northern Sunrise County: 15 cases (two active, 13 recovered)
• County of Northern Lights: 65 cases (four active, 61 recovered)
• Mackenzie County: 423 cases (four active, 406 recovered, 13 deaths)

Alberta added 732 new cases of COVID-19 for November 17 after approximately 13,000 tests were processed, creating a provincial positivity rate of 5.5 per cent.

Hospitalizations rose in Alberta to 287 as of the end of day Tuesday, while ICU admissions sat at 57. In the North Zone, there are 11 people in hospital, none of whom are in an ICU.