Alberta Health has announced six more St. Albertans have died of COVID-19.
One reported death was linked to the St. Albert Retirement Residence while the five others were linked to the outbreak at the Chartwell retirement residence in St. Albert.
According to provincial data release on Monday, the deaths bring the city's total up to 21 lives lost since the beginning of the pandemic.
St. Albert currently has 248 active cases, dropping down from the 301 last reported on Dec. 30.
Over the five day period between Dec. 30 and Jan. 3, the city added 69 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 1,675 since the pandemic began.
In the same period another 116 St. Albertans recovered, bringing the recoveries up from 1,290 to 1,406.
Sturgeon County currently has 51 active cases of COVID-19, the lowest active cases reported since Nov. 17. The county has 475 people having recovered from the virus.
Morinville currently has 57 active cases, the lowest active cases since Dec. 8. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 264 people have recovered from the virus.
Six deaths
On Dec. 23, a man in his 80s linked to the outbreak at Chartwell St. Albert Retirement Residence passed away from COVID-19. The case included comorbidities.
On Dec. 24, a woman in her 80s linked to the outbreak at Chartwell St. Albert Retirement Residence passed away from COVID-19. The case included comorbidities.
On Dec. 26, a man in his 90s linked to the outbreak at St. Albert Retirement Residence passed away from COVID-19. The case included comorbidities.
On Dec. 30, a man in his 90s linked to the outbreak at Chartwell St. Albert Retirement Residence passed away from COVID-19.The case included comorbidities.
On Jan. 1, a man in his 80s linked to the outbreak at Chartwell St. Albert Retirement Residence passed away from COVID-19. The case included comorbidities.
On Jan. 2, a man in his 90s linked to the outbreak at Chartwell St. Albert Retirement Residence passed away from COVID-19. The case included comorbidities.
Both St. Albert Chartwell senior home and the St. Albert Retirement Residence have been battling COVID-19 outbreaks.
Provincial numbers
Across the province, 96 Albertans have been reported to have died from COVID-19 in the same five day period.
The provincial data shows another 5,107 new cases were diagnosed over the five days.
The youngest person to pass away from the virus was a woman in her 20s from the central zone, who lost her life on Jan. 1. The province said there are no known comorbidities at this time.
Over the past 24 hours, 1,128 new cases were reported in the province and 11,900 tests were completed. There are currently 13,839 active cases in the province and since the beginning of the pandemic the province has run 2,847,016 COVID-19 tests. There were 27 deaths reported on Jan. 3.
"I extend my condolences to families and friends mourning a loved one," Alberta chief medical officer of health Deena Hinshaw wrote on Twitter.
On Jan. 2 there were 459 new cases of COVID-19 identified with 8,100 tests completed. Thirty deaths were reported that day.
On Jan. 1, there were 933 new cases identified with 12,700 tests run. Twelve deaths were reported that day.
On Dec. 31, there were 1,361 new cases identified and 16,000 tests were completed. Ten deaths were reported that day.
On Dec 30, there were 1,226 new cases of COVID-19 found in the province and 16,800 tests were run. Seventeen deaths were reported that day.
There are currently 905 people in hospital with 136 of them in the ICU.
On Monday, the province announced the first Alberta health care worker has died of COVID-19.
From Dec. 28 to Jan. 3, the provincial R-value was 0.99. The R-value refers to how many more people each person with COVID-19 infects. The Edmonton zone had the lowest value with 0.92, the Calgary zone came in at 1.02 and the rest of Alberta had an R-value of 1.06.
"A new year is upon us, and with it comes hope for a brighter tomorrow. But our battle with COVID-19 is far from over. The actions we all take now can help bring COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations down in Alberta in the weeks to come," Hinshaw said.
