COVID-19 numbers are improving in the local area.

The High River region has dropped from 19 active cases to 16 while there are eleven in Vulcan, three in the Okotoks region, two in Black Diamond and no active cases in Claresholm.

There were 297 new active cases of COVID-19 over the long weekend.

While there were 97 new cases on Friday that number dropped to 65 new cases Monday.

There are now 1,191 active cases across the province, down about 200 from July 28.

There are 85 people in hospital with 23 in ICU.

There have also been five more deaths.

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