80% of eligible Albertans now fully vaccinated – Sylvan Lake News

In Red Deer north, 60.1 per cent of those eligible are double vaxxed, in Red Deer east that number is 65.7 per cent and in Red Deer south west 60.9 per cent have received both doses.

“More and more Albertans are choosing to be protected against COVID-19 because of the undeniable fact that vaccines work and they save lives,” said Premier Jason Kenney.

Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, stressed vaccines are highly effective at protecting against severe illness.

On Monday, Alberta added 1,210 new active COVID-19 cases: 533 on Friday, 335 on Saturday and 342 on Sunday.

Eighteen new deaths were also reported in Alberta, bringing the province’s death toll to 3,111.

Provincially, there are 689 people in hospital with COVID-19, including 157 in intensive care units.

Red Deer County has 93 active cases of the virus, Clearwater County has 83, Lacombe County has 81, the City of Lacombe has 84, Sylvan Lake has 27, Stettler County has 39, Mountain View County has 52 and Olds has 24.

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