The province reported six more recovered cases of COVID-19 in Wood Buffalo in the last 24 hours.
Over the last two days, the RMWB counted 16 recoveries of the illness.
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Outside the urban service area, there are five newly recovered cases of COVID-19.
That leaves 13 active cases and 25 resolved cases of the virus among Wood Buffalo’s rural hamlets.
Fort McMurray picked up a single recovered case of COVID-19 and now has seven active cases and 49 recovered cases.
There are no new cases of COVID-19 in the region.
Alberta did see 37 new cases and three additional deaths of the virus across the province.
The province has 584 active cases with 46 Albertans in hospital and seven in intensive care.
The death toll from COVID-19 now stands at 161.
All three deaths occurred at the Misericordia Hospital in Edmonton and are linked to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Health Minister Tyler Shandro provided the update on his Twitter account.
I and my department are closely monitoring the situation at the Misericordia. I have full confidence in the measures @ahs_media and @CovenantCA have in place to prevent further spread.
Clinical teams are taking every possible step to protect patients, staff and physicians.
— Tyler Shandro (@shandro) July 9, 2020
Alberta declared an outbreak at the hospital on June 23 and closed Misericordia to visitors on July 8.
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7774 Albertans recovered from the illness, which is an increase of 58 from yesterday.
