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Two more Fort McMurray residents have died from COVID-19, according to Alberta Health data released Tuesday.
The individuals are two of four deaths across the province announced Tuesday, bringing Alberta’s COVID-19 death toll to 2,274. No COVID-19 deaths have been reported in the region’s rural areas, but Indigenous communities in the Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo area have reported some elders have died while living in other communities. There are 117 active cases in the Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo area.
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Second doses of COVID-19 vaccines made up nearly half the shots administered on Wednesday, as thousands of Albertans who received a first dose in March show up for another vaccination.
More than 22,000 eligible Albertans were given a second dose Wednesday, by far the most to receive a second shot in a single day. Eleven per cent of Albertans age 12 and over are now fully immunized with both jabs.
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Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s chief officer of health, explained on Thursday the vaccines work “better than we could have expected.”