Following is an update for active COVID-19 cases in the Okotoks area as of 4 p.m. on May 17 according to Alberta government statistics.
Town of Okotoks — 181
Foothills County — 110
High River — 72
There were a total of 721 new cases identified in the province over the past 24 hours (from 7,002 tests) bringing the total of active cases in Alberta to 21,288, 27.7 per cent of which are variants of concern.
Currently, there are 678 patients hospitalized with COVID, 181 of whom are in ICU.
Province wide restrictions were put in place to combat the rising active case count and hospitalization numbers. High case regions — those with at least 50 cases per 100,000 people, and at least 30 active cases including Okotoks, Foothills County and High River — face even more stringent measures that will remain in place for at least three weeks.
More information on the current public health measures can be found at https://www.alberta.ca/enhanced-public-health-measures.aspx
Vaccine rollout
The Province announced 2,217,446 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered as of May 16. To date, 329,613 Albertans have been fully immunized with two doses, representing 7.4 per cent of the population. Thus far, 42.2 per cent of Albertans have received at least one dose.
As of May 10, all Albertans born in 2009 or earlier are eligible to book for the COVID-19 vaccine.
The full list of who's eligible can be found at: https://www.alberta.ca/covid19-vaccine.aspx
More information on vaccine appointments is available at https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/topics/Page17295.aspx
