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(Alberta.ca/Screenshot) Article continues below advertisement ↴ In the City of Grande Prairie, 41 new COVID-19 cases were reported May 3, and 46 people recovered. The active total is 465 with 2,885 recoveries.   In the County of Grande Prairie, 10 new cases were added, and eight people recovered. There’s now 192 active cases and 990 recoveries.  Peace Region totals:  Provincially, Alberta reported 2,012 new cases from 15,058 tests completed and our positivity rate is about 13.2 per cent. Right now, 23,608 cases are active in the province. With 1,320 more people recovering, the re...

  CALGARY -- With more than 8,800 active cases of COVID-19 in Calgary zone, Mayor Naheed Nenshi is concerned about the rapid rise of cases that he says is outstripping some of the largest crisis areas elsewhere in the world. In a statement released Thursday, he said that the peak of the second wave has already been exceeded and new infections just aren't slowing down. He also said that with the models currently available on the rate of infection in Calgary, people are becoming ill with COVID-19 at a higher rate here than what is being reported in India. "We're hearing about India on the...

Author of the article: Anna Junker Publishing date: Apr 30, 2021  •  April 30, 2021  •  4 minute read  •  Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health. This week, Alberta Health Services announced up to 30 per cent of scheduled surgeries will be postponed in the Edmonton, Calgary and North Zones in order to increase capacity for COVID-19 hospitalizations for the next two weeks. Chris Schwarz/Government of Alberta Article content Up to 30 per cent of scheduled surgeries will be postponed in the Edmonton, Calgary and North Zones in order to increase capacity for...

  CALGARY -- With more than 8,800 active cases of COVID-19 in the city of Calgary, Mayor Nenshi is concerned about the rapid rise of cases and is concerned that vaccination rates won't be able to keep up with transmission of the illness. In a statement released Thursday, he said that the peak of the second wave has already been exceeded and new infections just aren't slowing down. He's also anxious that the current vaccination program just won't be able to cope. "While vaccinations are promising, we must remember that we cannot vaccinate ourselves out of this current trend of transmissi...

Article content Alberta Health Services (AHS) is being recognized for its efforts to centralize its health records. The health authority was named the recipient of the Canadian College of Health Leaders’ (CCHL) 2021 3M Health Care Quality Team Award for Wave 1 of its Connect Care implementation. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. AHS wins national award for Connect Care system Back to video Connect Care was introduced in 2019 in order to help AHS move away from an outdated information system that in many ways relied on paper records and notes. ...