Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

As the end of July nears, active COVID-19 cases in both the city of Airdrie and the province of Alberta have continue on a upward trend.

Active cases of COVID-19 in Airdrie have begun to rise once again, with 21 active cases in the city as of July 28, according to airdrie.ca.

The City of Airdrie is slowly seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases, despite provincial vaccine roll-out surpassing five million doses in recent days. 

As Airdrie and the rest of the province adjust to life without restrictions, the city has reported eight active cases of COVID-19, with the fully vaccinated count nearing 50 per cent.

Airdrie's active COVID-19 cases continued to drop in the last two days, as the city reported 37 active cases as of June 16 – a decrease from 55 reported on June 9.

As the province continues to adjust to Stage 2 of the government's reopening plan, Airdrie reported 38 active cases June 14.

As Stage 2 of the summer reopening plan went into effect on June 10, COVID-19 numbers continue to drop as airdrie reported 55 active cases as of June 9. Airdrie.ca, which publishes a daily update on the city's COVID-19 statistics, said there have been

As more people get their first and second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, Airdrie has reported its lowest active case number in months at 79 active.

Airdrie's number of COVID-19 cases continued to drop over the weekend, with 172 active cases as of May 31 – a drop of 91 cases from May 27. It is the city's lowest number of active cases since before the Easter weekend in early April.

Numbers locally have continued the trend of dramatic drops as Airdrie has reported 263 active, down 68 since May 25.