WESTLOCK — No new cases of COVID-19 have been identified in the Westlock area since yesterday’s update, and one person has recovered.
There are six active cases in the area of 176 recorded since the start of the pandemic. Two people have died, including a 90-year-old resident at the Westlock Continuing Care Centre, and 168 others have recovered.
The area includes the Town of Westlock, Westlock County and the Village of Clyde.
In Alberta, 351 new cases were reported today out of about 10,000 tests for a positivity rate of 3.5 per cent. There are 5,501 active cases in the province.
There are 397 people in hospital, including 71 in ICU. Sixteen people, aged 53 to 96, have died since yesterday which brings the death toll in the province to 1,744.
“Our numbers continue to decline, but there are still as many people in hospital today as there were on Nov. 23. This is a reminder that we must keep this downward trend occurring,” said Alberta’s chief medical officer Dr. Deena Hinshaw.
Thirteen per cent, or 311 schools are on alert or outbreak with a total of 897 cases recorded since Jan. 11. None of the Westlock area schools have two or more active cases.
The province has administered 135,575 doses of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines as of yesterday. Of those, 42,162 people have received both doses.
Andreea Resmerita, TownandCountryToday.com
Watch Dr. Hinshaw's Feb. 11 COVID-19 update:
