Alberta’s total cases from the start of the pandemic is 186,679
There have been 27,921 variant cases ID’d in the province, 1,058 new today. There are 1,383 in the South Zone.
13,193 active cases (63.2 per cent of total) have been identified as variants of concern.
There are 1,839 total new cases in the province today.
There are now 643 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19, 145 of which are in ICU, and 2,073 deaths.
The province completed 18,976 tests in the past 24 hours.
The positivity rate is about 9.8 per cent.
Alberta has administered 1,497,256 of vaccine at the latest update.
Dr. Deena Hinshaw’s next update will be later this week.
Medicine Hat Public School Division adds more active cases at schools to its list
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The Medicine Hat Public School division announced two more positive cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday night – one at Alexandra Middle School and another at Medicine Hat Christian.
There are now two active cases at MHCS after a previous case of COVID-19 was identified on Monday evening
Both schools will remain open and the division’s statement says all close contacts of both cases have been identified and directed to quarantine.
Custodial teams at both schools have been directed to conduct an enhanced cleaning of the schools, with a focus on areas the positive case was present and all high touch areas and surfaces.
Public division dealing with positive cases in multiple schools
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Medicine Hat Public School Division has confirmed three active cases of COVID-19 at Crescent Heights High School. NEWS PHOTO SCOTT SCHMIDT
The Medicine Hat Public School Division announced three new cases of COVID-19 in its schools late Wednesday night.
Alberta Health Services have identified two additional cases at Crescent Heights High School, totalling three active cases at the school. The division’s statement says the school remains on alert and all close contacts of positive cases have been identified and are in quarantine.
River Heights School is also on alert and MHPSD says an additional positive case of COVID-19 has been identified at the school for a total of two active cases. All students and staff listed as close contacts are already in quarantine.
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Alexandra Middle School unveils student fitness centre
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Alexandra Middle School students will be coming back from their week off to a brand new fitness centre.
School principal Todd Samuelson and athletic director Jaime Hamilton have been working behind the scenes to completely revamp the AMS fitness area. They have purchased locally-made and sold equipment, and hired local artist Christy Vince to bring new life to the fitness room.
“We wanted to create a space here for our students that would meet the needs of a complete beginner or elite student athlete,” said Samuelson. “We recognize the importance of a culture where students are active and well, so we started researching different fitness centres and started working with Medicine Hat High School and Crescent heights High School.