By Jaryn Vecchio
Northern Lights Regional Health Centre // Steph Seidel - Harvard Broadcasting
Fort McMurray’s active total of COVID-19 cases is continuing to rise.
The province announced on Saturday 1,293 new cases across the province.
There are currently 13,687 active cases across Alberta, while there have been a total of 159,719 positive tests. There are also 349 Albertans in the hospital for the virus, 84 of which are in ICUs.
Locally, Fort McMurray added 44 new cases and 16 recoveries which raises the active total to 444.
The rural areas didn’t see any new changes, keeping the total of active cases at four.
Wood Buffalo National Park remains at zero active cases.