In her update for August 6, Dr. Deena Hinshaw reported 56 new cases in the last 24 hours. Cochrane has two active cases and Rocky View County is showing 16 active cases. 

  • currently 1107 active in the province
  • 76 people are in hospital with 19 in ICU 
  • two more deaths were reported bringing the total to 205
  • 9984 people have recovered

The 20 to 29 age group continue to be the largest group contracting the virus. 

Dr. Hinshaw is cautiously optimistic saying, "Today's case numbers continue a week-long trend of fewer than 100 new cases per day."