COVID-19 Weekly Regional Update

COVID-19 Weekly Regional Update

Michelle Pinon News Advertiser

As of July 14, Alberta Health was reporting total cases of 8,912(86 new cases). There are 701 active cases and 8,048 recovered cases. A total of 55 people are in hospital with 13 of those in intensive care. Altogether there have been 163 deaths. A total of 545,902 tests have been completed.

There were marginal increases in the number of cases in Vegreville/Minburn County, (with two new cases), in Lamont County, (with two new cases), and in Beaver County, (with two new cases).

In Vegreville/Minburn County there were 3 cases, 1 active cases, 2 recovered cases and no deaths. In Two Hills County there were 0 cases, 0 active cases, 0 recovered cases and no deaths. In Lamont County there were 4 cases, 4 active cases, 0 recovered cases, 0 deaths. In Beaver County there were 6 cases, 1 active cases, 5 recovered cases, and 0 deaths. In Tofield there were 4 cases, 0 active cases, 4 recovered cases, and 0 deaths. In Viking there were 2 cases, 1 active cases, 1 recovered case, and 0 deaths.

The distribution of non-surgical face masks has been expanded to include 700 partner restaurants, including those without drive thru service, adding more than 100 new locations and expanding the availability of masks to Albertans. No purchase is necessary to pick up masks in restaurants, either at the counter or through drive-thrus.

A larger number of long-term care and supportive living, seniors facilities, community groups, social service organizations, libraries, court houses and places of worship will be distributing masks to their residents, clients and members. Municipalities without easy access to a partner restaurant location are again being supplied with masks to distribute to their residents, as are First Nations communities and Metis Settlements.

To date, the Province has supplied 20 million non-surgical face masks to Albertans.

The use of face masks continues to be non-mandatory, but is recommended when physical distancing of two metres is not possible.