During the April 14th Government of Alberta coronavirus update, Minister Tyler Shandro announced a three-million-dollar grant to Albertan caregivers. 

“We know that caregivers are likely feeling the additional stress of the pandemic. The act of caring for another person takes on added urgency and many may feel or begin to feel being overwhelmed a completely natural reaction,” said Minister Tyler Shandro. 

“This why I am pleased to announce today that we are providing a 3-million-dollar grant to caregivers in Alberta to expand their services. This will allow more caregivers to benefit from things like a province-wide inventory of supports, expanded hours for the caregiver advisory phoneline, a referral system linking caregivers with Caregivers Alberta through healthcare providers and updated and expanded support programs.”

The minister recommended that all caregivers reach out if they need support or assistance during this time. 

Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Dina Hinshaw announced 138 new cases of coronavirus in the province noting a large increase of cases in the Calgary zone due to new testing protocols. 

“The vast majority of the cases are in the Calgary zone where we have increased testing over the past several days in order to identify opportunities to limit spread given that this zone consistently had the highest rates of illness,” said Dr. Hinshaw who anticipates more information this week based on the increase of tests in the zone. 

The total number of cases is now 1,870 confirmed cases.  914 people have now recovered from the illness 37 more than April 13th.  Additionally, two more deaths have occurred as a result of the illness both deaths were located at continuing care facilities in the Calgary and Edmonton zones. In total, there have been 48 deaths as a result of the illness. 

As well, cases have now been confirmed as recovered. 

Central Alberta shows the following case numbers, available at alberta.ca. 

  • City of Lacombe: 2 total cases
    • 0 active
    • 2 recovered 
  • Lacombe County: 4 total cases
    • 0 active
    • 4 recovered
  • Ponoka County: 1 total cases 
    • 0 active
    • 1 recovered 
  • County of Wetaskiwin: 0 total cases
    • 0 active
    • 0 recovered
  • City of Wetaskiwin: 7 total cases
    • 0 active
    • 7 recovered
  • Red Deer County: 12 total cases 
    • 4 active
    • 8 recovered 
  • City of Red Deer: 32 total cases 
    • 11 active
    • 21 recovered 
  • County of Stettler: 3 total cases
    • 2 active
    • 1 recovered 
  • Mountain View County: 5 total cases
    • 2 active
    • 3 recovered

Other data about the COVID-19 case counts are as follows: 

  • There are 1,870 total confirmed cases
  • 914 people have been confirmed to have recovered from the virus (37 more than April 13th)
  • There are 48 deaths as a result of the illness 
  • To date, 230 cases have been confirmed in continuing care facilities
  • 30 deaths have occurred in continuing care facilities
  • 2,868 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the last 24 hours (As of the announcement on April 14th)
  • In total, 82,649 COVID-19 tests have been completed