COVID-19

In the City of Grande Prairie, there are 45 active cases of COVID-19, as of today (June 15), with 3849 people fully recovered from the virus.

The County of Grande Prairie sits at 29 active cases, and a total of 1370 recoveries.

Provincially, Alberta reported 127 new cases from 4,476 tests completed, and our positivity rate is about 2.9 per cent. Right now, 2,804 cases are active in the province. The recovered total in Alberta has reached 225,627. 

There’s 271 people in the hospital with the virus, with 68 of these in intensive care.

Alberta's first dose vaccination rate sits at 69.4 per cent on Tuesday, June 15. The province is just shy of its 70 per cent benchmark for moving to Stage 3 of Open for Summer.

As well, uptake in second dose vaccinations is rising and there is now 22 per cent of residents fully immunized against COVID-19. 

The rising number of vaccinations is being met with lower COVID-19 numbers.

Dr. Andre Corriveau, Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Health delivered a live update in Dr. Hinshaw's absence.

While daily case counts continue to lower, hospitalization rates are holding steady.

As of Tuesday morning, there are 116 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba including:

The Winnipeg Blue Bomber will take the field for the first time in almost two years, facing off against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

On Monday morning, the Canadian Football League (CFL) announced this year's season was going ahead, starting on August 5. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will host the Tiger-Cats in the first game of the season at home.

The Northwestern Health Unit has announced three new cases of COVID-19 in its catchment area today. 

All three have been discovered in the Rainy River District and follow up with the persons involved and their contacts has started according to protocol. Anyone who is identified as a contact for these cases will be contacted directly.

There are currently seven active cases in the region. Three in Kenora, three in Rainy River and one in Dryden/Red Lake. 

The province is sharing an update on several Public Health Order enforcement efforts, including the arrest of Maxime Bernier, and a local church's college that faced controversy in May for holding an unmasked graduation.

The latest COVID-19 enforcement update highlighting last week's enforcement efforts, showing there were more tickets and warnings given out.

Churches

Two Winnipeg churches are facing COVID-19 enforcement tickets.

The Northwestern Health Unit has released its weekly vaccine update for the region. As of this week, 71.1 per cent of adults 18 years of age and older have received at least their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

The COVID-19 numbers for Monday, June 14 continue to trend in the right direction. 

You could feel the buzz in the air as the weekend drew near.

As we step closer to normal conditions following lengthy pandemic health restrictions, it was hard to find anyone who wasn't grinning ear-to-ear this past weekend. The weather didn't hurt, either.

Cochrane is known for offering a wide range of community activities all year round, but last weekend it was particularly noticeable because we haven't really been able to embrace them for some time.

Officials provided details on the Open for Summer vaccination lottery which will provide three lucky winners with one million dollars each.

To date, more than 68.7 per cent of eligible Albertans have received their first dose, including 20.2 per cent who are fully vaccinated with two doses.