The province recorded 501 new cases of COVID-19 on August 10th bringing the number of active cases in Alberta to 3,769.  

The new cases were found in 8,613 tests done which brought our provincial positivity rate to about 5.8 percent.  

Five more Albertans are hospitalized because of the virus for a total of 138 with one more reported in the ICU for a total of 31.  Another person has passed away making the death toll since the beginning of the pandemic in Alberta now 2,331.

The active case count in Airdrie is now up to 67 with 34 reported in Rocky View County.

5,406,352 vaccine doses have been administered as of August 10th.  The percentage of Albertans with one dose is 76.5 percent with 67.2 percent fully vaccinated.  

In the City of Airdrie, 76.1 percent of people 12 and over have received one dose of vaccine while 66.9 percent have received two doses for full inoculation. 

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