Today Alberta is reporting 89 new cases of COVID-19 out of 8,027 tests in the last 24 hours. There are 1,169 active cases and 11,025 recoveries.

Hospitalizations are slightly up today, with 48 in the hospital and 11 of those in intensive care. One more person has died for a total of 225. 

One new case was identified in the County of Grande Prairie and two recovered in the City. The County has nine active and 23 recoveries, while the City sits at 15 active and 39 recoveries. 

Mackenzie County has five new cases and one new recovery. They have 50 active, 171 recoveries and six deaths. The MD of Peace has one new case for five active and seven recoveries. Northern Sunrise County has had its first new case in several weeks. They have one active and four recoveries. One case was removed from the MD of Fairview; they have zero active and two recoveries. 

In her update today, Dr. Hinshaw confirmed that 74 of the cases reported in Friday’s numbers were duplicates created by the system. This has been corrected and is 103 rather than 177. 

Dr. Hinshaw also provided an update on the It Is Time Canada prayer event in Deadwood near Manning that took place July 30 to Aug. 1 which 200-300 people attended. So far, there have been 15 lab-confirmed cases in Alberta related to the event and 17 in B.C. Dr. Hinshaw says they are working closely with B.C. Health. She is also asking anyone who attended the event or was a close contact of a confirmed case to get tested.