WESTLOCK — The Westlock area has recorded one new COVID-19 case since yesterday’s update, and two people have recovered.
There are 13 active cases of 166 recorded since the start of the pandemic. One person has died, a 90-year-old man at the Westlock Continuing Care Centre, and 152 others have recovered.
The area includes the Town of Westlock, Westlock County and the Village of Clyde.
The outbreak at the Continuing Care Centre is still ongoing.
The province has administered 97,785 doses of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines as of yesterday. All residents and staff at the province’s 357 long-term care and designated supported living have received the first dose of the vaccine, and second dose vaccinations have now begun at some facilities.
The shortage of Pfizer vaccines due to upgrades at the Belgian plant that supplies most of the world, including Canada, does mean a delay in the start of Phase 1B to all seniors aged 75 and up, and First Nations aged 65 and up.
In Alberta, 643 new cases were reported today out of 13,000 tests for a positivity rate of five per cent. There are 9,987 active cases in the province.
We are making progress, but are not where we need to be quite yet. Please continue to follow current health measures this weekend. If you are gathering outdoors, meet in groups of 10 or less & dress for the colder weather. (3/4)
— Dr. Deena Hinshaw (@CMOH_Alberta) January 22, 2021
Twelve more people have died which brings the death toll in Alberta to 1,512. Hospitalizations sit at 691, with 115 of them in ICU.
Alberta’s chief medical officer Dr. Deena Hinshaw is scheduled to give the next live update Jan. 25.
