The County of Barrhead’s COVID-free status didn’t last a week before new cases popped up in the municipality.
On Feb. 1, the geospatial map that lists COVID-19 cases in municipalities across Alberta indicated there were six active cases in the County of Barrhead.
Along with 49 recoveries and two deaths, that adds up to a total of 57 cases since the start of the pandemic.
A week ago on Jan. 25, the county was listed as having zero active COVID-19 cases. However, new cases were detected by Friday, Jan. 29.
To the west, there is currently one active case in Woodlands County and 18 active cases in the Town of Whitecourt. The town has also seen 119 recoveries and one death.
Finally, there are 42 active cases in Lac Ste. Anne County on top of 374 recoveries and 11 deaths.
Chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw reported on Feb. 1 that 355 new cases of COVID-19 had been identified over the past 24 hours, bringing the provincewide total to 7,387.
These new cases were identified over the course of 7,300 tests, which translates to a testing positivity rate of 4.9 per cent.
Hinshaw reported there are active alerts or outbreaks in 298 schools, which equals roughly 12 per cent of the schools in the province. In-school transmission had been detected in 66 schools, though 51 have seen one new case occur as a result.
There are no alerts or outbreaks at schools in the County of Barrhead or Woodlands County, though there is an alert in effect at Mayerthorpe Junior/Senior High School in Lac Ste. Anne.
“Encouragingly, the average daily number of new cases in the school-aged population continues to fall week after week,” she said.
“Looking at last week, on average 71 new cases were identified each day among school-aged Albertans. This is down from the 131 daily cases that we saw on average the week before school started in-person. So far, returning to school in-person has not caused increased spread in this age group.”
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