While active COVID-19 case numbers continue to drop locally, two additional deaths have been reported in Airdrie.
According to airdrie.ca, there are currently 115 active cases in the city, down 30 from the day previous. In total, there have been 1,699 cases reported. Of those, 1,568 people have recovered and 16 deaths have been reported.
George McDougall High School remains the only Airdrie school listed on the provincial COVID-19 school status map after an outbreak there was reported on Jan. 15.
Cases also continue to drop outside of Airdrie – Rocky View County (RVC) is reporting 73 active cases, which is a decrease of four since Jan. 18. On the east side of the county, Chestermere is now at 43 active cases, a decrease of four from the day prior. Out west, Cochrane is reporting 38 cases – six fewer than Jan. 18.
Provincially, there have been a total of 117,767 cases of COVID-19 in Alberta as of Jan. 19. Of the total cases, 11,096 are considered active, 105,208 people have recovered, 740 patients are in hospital and 119 Albertans are in intensive care units. In total, 1,463 deaths have been reported in the province due to the virus.
As of Jan.18, 92,315 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Alberta. This equates to 2,087.7 doses per 100,000 population. Seventeen adverse events following immunization have been reported to Alberta Health and Alberta Health Services.
Though new daily cases have decreased since economic restrictions were enacted in December 2020, Alberta's chief medical officer, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, said during her daily update on Jan. 19 that the health-care system is still under strain.
"Since the updated measures were announced on Thursday, we’ve received many questions about when other restrictions will be eased and when people can expect to resume other activities that they love," she said. "Our health system is still under severe strain, with 740 people still in hospital. This continues to impact our ability to deliver care, not only for COVID-19 but all the other health needs that Albertans have."
She added The more successful Albertans can be at the reduction, the sooner the province will be in a position to consider safely and slowly relaxing other measures in the days and weeks ahead.
