Half of Red Deer COVID-19 cases recovered. Central Alberta COVID death occurred in Camrose (April 6 Update)

Information from covid19stats.alberta.ca

On Monday, April 6 the province made some interesting changes and additions of the provincial COVID-19 stats website.

Red Deer is no longer separated into 3 quadrants. But the report now indicates how many cases are active and how many are recovered.

Across Central Alberta there are 66 cases.

Red Deer City – 25 cases – 13 active – 12 recovered
Red Deer County – 13 cases – 11 active – 2 recovered
Wetaskiwin City – 7 cases – 3 active – 4 recovered
Mountain View County – 5 cases – 4 active – 1 recovered
Lacombe County – 4 cases – 1 active – 3 recovered
Lacombe City – 2 cases – 0 active – 2 recovered
Camrose City – 2 cases – 0 active – 1 recovered – 1 death
Beaver County – 2 cases – 2 active
Camrose County – 1 case – 1 recovered
Windburn County – 1 case – 1 recovered
Vermilion River County – 1 case – 1 recovered
Ponoka County – 1 case – 1 active
Stettler County – 1 case – 1 active
Kneehill County – 1 case – 1 active
Clearwater County – 1 case – 1 active

In this graph you can see that Central and Southern Alberta zones have been very fortunate in the amount of cases per 100,000

This graph makes it look like all the regions in Alberta “might” be flattening the curve. Experts say it takes up to 5 days in a row to indicate this trend. It currently looks promising.

This graph compares the age categories in both actual number of cases, and as a rate per 100,000 people in each category.

Here are the total numbers for the province. In recent days the percentage of cases in Central Alberta has dropped from 8 to 5.

From the Province of Alberta

Latest updates

A total of 953 cases are laboratory confirmed and 395 are probable cases (symptomatic close contacts of laboratory confirmed cases). Laboratory positivity rates remain consistent at two per cent.
Cases have been identified in all zones across the province:
- 817 cases in the Calgary zone
- 351 cases in the Edmonton zone
- 89 cases in the North zone
- 66 cases in the Central zone
- 22 cases in the South zone
- Three cases in zones yet to be confirmed
Of these cases, there are currently 40 people in hospital, 16 of whom have been admitted to intensive care units (ICU).
Of the 1,348 total cases, 204 are suspected of being community acquired.
There are now a total of 361 confirmed recovered cases.
One additional death has been reported in the Calgary zone. There have been 15 deaths in the Calgary zone, four in the Edmonton zone, four in the North zone, and one in the Central zone.
Strong outbreak measures have been put in place at continuing care facilities. To date, 112 cases have been confirmed at these facilities.
There have been 64,183 people tested for COVID-19 and a total of 65,914 tests performed by the lab. There have been 821 tests completed in the last 24 hours.
Aggregate data, showing cases by age range and zone, as well as by local geographic areas, is available online at alberta.ca/covid19statistics.
All Albertans need to work together to help prevent the spread and overcome COVID-19.
Restrictions remain in place for all gatherings and close-contact businesses, dine-in restaurants and non-essential retail services. A full list of restrictions is available online.
Alberta Health Services (AHS) has announced further restrictions for visitors to Alberta hospitals.
AHS has expanded its testing criteria for COVID-19 to include symptomatic individuals in the following roles or age groups:
- Group home and shelter workers
- First responders, including firefighters
- Those involved in COVID-19 enforcement, including police, peace officers, bylaw officers, environmental health officers, and Fish and Wildlife officers
- Correctional facility staff, working in either a provincial or federal facility
- Starting April 7, individuals over the age of 65
Anyone among these groups is urged to use the AHS online assessment tool for health-care workers, enforcement and first responders.
Medical masks and respirators must be kept for health-care workers and others providing direct care to COVID-19 patients. Those who choose to wear a non-medical face mask should:
- continue to follow all other public health guidance (staying two metres away from others, wash hands regularly, stay home when sick)
- wash their hands immediately before putting it on and immediately after taking it off (in addition to practising good hand hygiene while wearing it)
- ensure it fits well (non-gaping)
- not share it with others
- avoid touching the mask while wearing it
- change masks as soon they get damp or soiled
As Albertans look forward to the upcoming holiday weekend, they are being reminded to:
- avoid gatherings outside of their immediate household
- find ways to connect while being physically separated
- worship in a way that does not put people at risk, including participating in virtual or live-streamed religious celebrations

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If Canada wants to lead global energy security efforts, build out sovereign AI infrastructure, increase funding to social programs and national defence and expand trade to new markets, we must unleash the full potential of our vast natural resources and embrace our role as a global energy superpower.

The Alberta-Ottawa Energy agreement is the first step in accomplishing all of these critical objectives.

Recent polling shows that a majority of Canadians are supportive of this agreement and the major economic opportunities it could unlock for the benefit of all Canadians.

As a nation we must embrace two important realities: First, global demand for oil is increasing and second, Canada needs to generate more revenue to address its fiscal challenges.

Nations around the world — including Korea, Japan, India, Taiwan and China in Asia as well as various European nations — continue to ask for Canadian energy. We are perfectly positioned to meet those needs and lead global energy security efforts.

Our heavy oil is not only abundant, it’s responsibly developed, geopolitically stable and backed by decades of proven supply.

If we want to pay down our debt, increase funding to social programs and meet our NATO defence spending commitments, then we need to generate more revenue. And the best way to do so is to leverage our vast natural resources.

At today’s prices, Alberta’s proven oil and gas reserves represent trillions in value.

It’s not just a number; it’s a generational opportunity for Alberta and Canada to secure prosperity and invest in the future of our communities. But to unlock the full potential of this resource, we need the infrastructure to match our ambition.

There is one nation-building project that stands above all others in its ability to deliver economic benefits to Canada — a new bitumen pipeline to Asian markets.

The energy agreement signed on Nov. 27 includes a clear path to the construction of a one-million-plus barrel-per-day bitumen pipeline, with Indigenous co-ownership, that can ensure our province and country are no longer dependent on just one customer to buy our most valuable resource.

Indigenous co-ownership also provide millions in revenue to communities along the route of the project to the northwest coast, contributing toward long-lasting prosperity for their people.

The agreement also recognizes that we can increase oil and gas production while reducing our emissions.

The removal of the oil and gas emissions cap will allow our energy producers to grow and thrive again and the suspension of the federal net-zero power regulations in Alberta will open to doors to major AI data-centre investment.

It also means that Alberta will be a world leader in the development and implementation of emissions-reduction infrastructure — particularly in carbon capture utilization and storage.

The agreement will see Alberta work together with our federal partners and the Pathways companies to commence and complete the world’s largest carbon capture, utilization and storage infrastructure project.

This would make Alberta heavy oil the lowest intensity barrel on the market and displace millions of barrels of heavier-emitting fuels around the globe.

We’re sending a clear message to investors across the world: Alberta and Canada are leaders, not just in oil and gas, but in the innovation and technologies that are cutting per barrel emissions even as we ramp up production.

Where we are going — and where we intend to go with more frequency — is east, west, north and south, across oceans and around the globe. We have the energy other countries need, and will continue to need, for decades to come.

However, this agreement is just the first step in this journey. There is much hard work ahead of us. Trust must be built and earned in this partnership as we move through the next steps of this process.

But it’s very encouraging that Prime Minister Mark Carney has made it clear he is willing to work with Alberta’s government to accomplish our shared goal of making Canada an energy superpower.

That is something we have not seen from a Canadian prime minister in more than a decade.

Together, in good faith, Alberta and Ottawa have taken the first step towards making Canada a global energy superpower for benefit of all Canadians.

Danielle Smith is the Premier of Alberta