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By Shaun Penner

COVID-19 UPDATE: December 28

Active COVID-19 cases up by five in Grande Prairie over last five days

Dec 28, 2020 | 3:57 PM

Over the last five days the City of Grande Prairie added 47 new cases, with active cases increasing by five as there were also 42 new recoveries recorded and no new deaths from COVID-19.

In the County of Grande Prairie, over that same time from December 23 to December 27, there were nine new cases recorded and eight more recoveries. There are now 25 active cases there.

The M.D. of Greenview recorded 10 new cases over the last five days and 16 more recoveries. There are 23 active cases there as of the end of day Sunday.

Updated case totals among Peace Region municipalities as of the end of day December 27 are as follows:

• City of Grande Prairie: 757 cases (134 active, 616 recovered, seven deaths)
• County of Grande Prairie: 226 cases (25 active, 200 recovered, one death)
• M.D. of Greenview: 144 cases (23 active, 120 recovered, one death)
• Birch Hills County: Seven cases (all recovered)
• M.D. of Spirit River: 37 cases (five active, 32 recovered)
• Saddle Hills County: Nine cases (one active, eight recovered)
• M.D. of Smoky River: 90 cases (six active, 74 recovered, 10 deaths)
• Big Lakes County: 174 cases (75 active, 94 recovered, five deaths)
• M.D. of Lesser Slave River: 100 cases (seven active, 93 recovered)
• M.D. of Peace: 186 cases (14 active, 172 recovered)
• M.D. of Fairview: 58 cases (four active, 53 recovered, one death)
• Clear Hills County: 99 cases (one active, 97 recovered, one death)
• Northern Sunrise County: 85 cases (20 active, 73 recovered)
• County of Northern Lights: 70 cases (one active, 69 recovered)
• Mackenzie County: 475 cases (17 active, 444 recovered, 14 deaths)
  

Over the last five days, 4,488 new cases were recorded in Alberta after 64,122 tests were processed at the provincial lab. The positivity rate for those five days sat at seven per cent.

There were a total of 112 deaths linked to COVID-19 reported to Alberta Health over the last five days, bringing Alberta’s death toll from the novel coronavirus to 1,002.

Premier Jason Kenney, in a statement, calls this a tragic milestone.

“It represents more than 1,000 mothers, wives, fathers, husbands – empty spaces around the table that can never be filled. Each one means that there is a family that is grieving, a friend who has lost someone they loved, a child who lost their parent, a partner who lost their true love.”

Hospitalizations in the province have grown to 878 as of the end of day December 27, with 146 of those individuals in an ICU.

In the North Zone, hospitalizations jumped to 56, four of whom are in intensive care.

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