Jan. 11 Covid-19 update
Monday, 11 January 2021. Posted in Shootin' the Breeze
R values show province-wide decrease in
Covid-19 transmission last week
South zone Covid-19 update
compiled from Alberta Health Services data
by Shannon Robison, Publisher of Shootin' the Breeze
Covid-19 R values were released again today.
Also known as the reproduction number, it describes whether cases are currently increasing, decreasing or staying the same (ie. the average number of people that someone infected with Covid-19 will infect).
If the R value is one, then an infected person will, on average, infect one other person.
If an R value is below one, this means the rate of transmission was decreasing during that period.
If it is above one, it was increasing.
Covid-19 R values
Alberta (provincewide)
Jan. 4 to 10 – 0.90 (0.87 to 0.92)
Dec. 28 to Jan. 3 – 0.99 (0.97 to 1.01)
Dec. 14 to 20 – 0.92 (0.90 to 0.93)
Dec. 7 to 13 – 0.98 (0.96 to 1.00)
Edmonton zone
Jan. 4 to 10 – 0.80 (0.76 to 0.82)
Dec. 28 to Jan. 3 – 0.92 (0.89 to 0.95)
Dec. 14 to 20 – 0.89 (0.86 to 0.93)
Dec. 7 to 13 – 1.0 (0.98 to 1.03)
Calgary zone
Jan. 4 to 10 – 0.96 (0.92 to 1.00)
Dec. 28 to Jan. 3 – 1.02 (0.99 to 1.06)
Dec. 14 to 20 – 0.97 (0.97 to 1.00)
Dec. 7 to 13 – 0.92 (0.90 to 0.95)
Rest of Alberta
Jan. 4 to 10 – 0.97 (0.93 to 1.01)
Dec. 28 to Jan. 3 – 1.06 (1.01 to 1.10)
Dec. 14 to 20 – 0.90 (0.85 to 0.95)
Dec. 7 to 13 – 1.01 (0.98 to 1.06)
Alberta Health has advised that specific information will not be provided for the specific zones with the exception of Calgary and Edmonton due to their smaller populations. Information was not be provided for the week of Dec. 21 to 27.
Dr. Hinshaw, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, has said the R value must remain below one for several weeks and have a corresponding decrease in new and active cases to show a change in trend.
Premier Jason Kenney and Health Minister Tyler Shandro provided an update on the province’s vaccination response this afternoon.
As of yesterday, 46,791 doses of Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccinations have been administered to long-term care workers and residents, respiratory therapists, intensive-care unit nurses and doctors, and other healthcare workers.
It is expected that first doses of Covid-19 vaccinations at all Alberta continuing-care sites will be completed by Jan. 18.
More than 75 per cent of in-stock doses have been used and administration of the vaccination has increased from an average of 878 per day in December to more than 3,800 per day in early January.
Premier Kenney said Alberta will have the capacity to administer 50,000 doses per week and projects this will reach 200,000 per week by the end of March.
While the capacity is expected to exist, securing that number of doses of the vaccines is another story and the premier anticipates being short by at least 20,000 doses by the end of next week.
Despite this, he stressed several times the need for as many people as possible to sign up to receive the vaccine.
"We are ramping up our capacity to ensure no matter how many vaccines arrive in Alberta, there are people lined up, ready to receive them, and health-care workers ready to administer them," the premier said.
The program has now been expanded to include paramedics and emergency medical responders along with health-care workers in Covid-19 units, medical and surgical units, operating rooms and emergency departments, home-care workers, respiratory therapists and staff of long-term carn and designated supportive-living facilities.
Emails will be sent directly to newly eligible health-care workers by Alberta Health Services and an online booking system will be used to schedule appointments.
All mandatory restrictions announced by Premier Jason Kenney on Dec. 8 remain in effect until at least Jan. 21 2021, and must be followed by all Albertans, businesses, organizations, service providers and visitors to the province.
Links to the details for each restriction are included below the south zone specifics.
Alberta Overview
Sunday, Jan. 10 – 112,091 total cases
Data updated Monday, Jan. 11
639 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in today’s update.
9,838 people were tested, for a provincial positivity rate of about 6.5 per cent.
There are 13,917 active cases, a decrease of 199 from the previous day.
815 recoveries brings the total to 96,867 and a recovery rate of about 86 per cent.
811 people are hospitalized with 130 admitted to intensive care units.
23 new Covid-related deaths were reported today.
1,307 Albertans have now died, and the Covid-19 mortality rate for the province is about 1.2 per cent.
There are 1,201 active and 6,552 recovered cases at long-term care facilities and supportive/home-living sites. 866 of the 1,307 deaths (66 per cent) have been in these sites.
School statistics will next be reported late this week.
South Zone Specifics
Sunday, Jan. 10 – 5,282 total cases
Data updated Monday, Jan. 11
20 new cases were reported in today’s update
385 people were tested for a positivity rate of about 5.2 per cent (up from three per cent yesterday).
There are 307 active cases, an increase of 10 from the previous day.
Nine recoveries brings the total to 4,910, for a zone recovery rate of about 93 per cent.
20 people are hospitalized with six admitted to intensive care.
65 residents have now died and Covid-19 has a mortality rate of about 1.2 per cent for the zone.
Today’s update includes the death of a woman in her 100s and is linked to the outbreak at Meadowlands in Medicine Hat. Condolences are extended to her family and friends.
There are six outbreak sites across the south, which are detailed in the community breakdown below.
School statistics will next be reported late this week.
Zone of current hospitalization and current ICU admission are based on location of hospitalization, not zone of patient residence. For example, a Pincher Creek resident hospitalized in Calgary would be categorized as an active case in the Pincher Creek region but hospitalization statistic would show in the Calgary zone.
Outbreaks are normally updated by Alberta Health Tuesdays and Fridays, and declared over when four weeks have passed with no new cases. This means not all outbreaks have current transmission or active cases.
Know the symptoms of Covid-19 and what to do if you, or someone you know, is experiencing them.
Learn about symptoms, testing, isolation and quarantine
Know and understand the restrictions currently in place until at least Jan. 21, 2021:
* All restrictions have been reviewed on Jan. 7 to ensure this is the most up-to-date information available as little tweaks are often made in the background.
Gatherings
Travel and visitors
Wedding and funeral services
Faith services
Retail and home-based businesses
Restaurants, pubs, bars, lounges and cafes
Hotels, motels, hunting and fishing lodges
Personal and wellness services
Health, social and professional services
Entertainment and recreation facilities
Sports and physical activities
Performances
South Zone Community Breakdown
Sunday, Jan. 10
Data updated Monday, Jan. 11
* Indicates a change in statistics since the previous day’s report
Pincher Creek Region – 121 total
16 active, 102 recovered, 3 deaths
* 1 new recovery
192.7 per 100,000
Aakom-Kiyii Health Services has reported 7 active cases (decrease of 9) of Covid-19 in Piikani Nation, which are included in the totals above. Delays in reporting by Alberta Health typically explain differences such as noted today.
Pincher Creek Region includes the Town of Pincher Creek; MD of Pincher Creek and its hamlets of Beaver Mines, Lowland Heights, Lundbreck, Pincher Station and Twin Butte; the Village of Cowley and Piikani Nation.
Crowsnest Pass – 12 total
1 active, 11 recovered
15.8 per 100,000
Fort Macleod – 72 total
3 active, 66 recovered, 3 deaths
MD of Willow Creek in Calgary zone = 36.5 per 100,000 (6 active in MD)
Cardston County/Kainai – 320 total
47 active, 267 recovered, 6 deaths
* 1 new active
285.6 per 100,000
I.D. Waterton – 0
0 per 100,000 – open status
City of Lethbridge – 1,511 total
109 active, 1,392 recovered, 10 deaths
* 10 new active, 7 new recoveries
110.1 per 100,000
Public outbreak site – Lethbridge Alpha House
Lethbridge County – 465 total
37 active, 421 recovered, 7 deaths
* 5 new active, 1 new recovery
146.7 per 100,000
Supportive living/home living outbreak — Bethesda Care Home in Picture Butte (Dec. 22)
Public outbreak sites – Rehoboth Christian Ministries in Coaldale (Jan. 8) and Whole Leaf Produce in Coaldale (Jan. 8)
County of Warner – 149 total
6 active, 141 recovered, 2 deaths
54.6 per 100,000
MD of Taber – 318 total
8 active, 304 recovered, 6 deaths
* 1 new recovery
42.4 per 100,000
City of Brooks – 1,359 total
16 active, 1,329 recovered, 14 deaths
* 2 new active
82.9 per 100,000
County of Newell – 146 total
7 active, 137 recovered, 2 deaths
* 1 new active
86.5 per 100,000
County of Forty Mile – 117 total
4 active, 111 recovered, 2 deaths
62.1 per 100,000
Cypress County – 144 total
5 active, 139 recovered
* adjustment of -1 new recovery
44.6 per 100,000
City of Medicine Hat – 494 total
36 active, 448 recovered, 10 deaths
* 1 new death
Today’s update includes the death of a woman in her 100s and is linked to the outbreak at Meadowlands in Medicine Hat. Condolences are extended to her family and friends.
52.9 per 100,000
Supportive living/home living outbreak sites – Meadowlands and Chinook Village
Oyen region – 40 total
12 active, 28 recovered
* 2 new active
Special Area 3 – 367.2 per 100,000 (9 active in area)
MD of Acadia – 815.2 per 100,000 (3 active in MD)
Special Area 2 – 131.7 per 100,000 (6 active in area, not all of which is in south zone)
Alberta Information by Zone
Sunday, Jan. 10
Data updated Monday, Jan. 11
* Indicates a change in statistics since the previous day’s report
Calgary Zone
42,888 confirmed cases +274
4,958 active cases -61
37,512 recovered cases +324
209 in hospital
41 in intensive care
418 deaths +11
Edmonton Zone
47,543 confirmed cases +274
5,441 active cases -102
41,411 recovered cases +285
437 in hospital
60 in intensive care
691 deaths +11
Central Zone
7,797 confirmed cases +73
1,472 active cases -26
6,269 recovered cases +99
81 in hospital
16 in intensive care
56 deaths
South Zone
5,282 confirmed cases +20
307 active cases +10
4,910 recovered cases +9
20 in hospital
6 in intensive care
65 deaths +1
North Zone
8,387 confirmed cases +82
1,668 active cases -10
6,642 recovered cases +92
64 in hospital
7 in intensive care
77 deaths
Unknown Zone
194 confirmed cases
71 active cases
123 recovered cases
0 deaths
