There are currently 23 active COVID-19 workplace outbreaks in the RMWB.

This represents over half of the outbreaks reported across northern Alberta. Grande Prairie is the closest community with six outbreaks of their own.

The majority of these situations find themselves in the oilsands as Suncor, Syncrude, and CNRL are all dealing with high numbers at multiple sites.

According to Alberta Health, the numbers are as follows:

Suncor

• Base Plant – 653 cases (142 active, 510 recovered, 1 death)
• Firebag – 23 cases (9 active, 14 recovered)
• Fort Hills – 41 cases (9 active, 32 recovered)
• MacKay River – 16 cases (3 active, 13 recovered)

Syncrude

• Mildred Lake – 888 cases (371 active, 517 recovered)
• Aurora – 73 cases (38 active, 35 recovered)

CNRL

• Horizon – 1,157 cases (495 active, 660 recovered, 2 deaths)
• Albian – 228 cases (39 active, 189 recovered)
• Jackfish – 26 cases (2 active, 24 recovered)

Individual Sites

• CNOOC’s Long Lake – 17 cases (7 active, 10 recovered)
• Imperial Oil’s Kearl Lake – 102 cases (31 active, 71 recovered)
• Civeo Lynx Lodge – 80 cases (18 active, 62 recovered)
• Cenovus’ Sunrise Lodge – 15 cases (5 active, 10 recovered)
• MEG Energy – 13 cases (5 active, 8 recovered)
• Oilsands Industrial Lodge – 15 cases (4 active, 11 recovered)
• North American Construction Group (Ruth Lake) – 10 cases (0 active, 10 recovered)

In Fort McMurray

• Bethel Happy Daycare Beacon Hill – 6 cases (1 active, 5 recovered)
• Joly’s Your Independent Grocer – 17 cases (13 active, 4 recovered)
• MMA Silin Forest Campus – 12 cases (2 active, 10 recovered)
• North Star Ford – 11 cases (1 active, 10 recovered)
• Salvation Army Shelter – 11 cases (11 active, 0 recovered)
• Sunshine Community Day Home – 16 cases (14 active, 2 recovered)
• YMCA Eagle Ridge Care Centre – 9 cases (4 active, 5 recovered)

In total, these 23 outbreaks have combined for a total of 3,439 cases with 1,224 still active.

Not all of these cases are updated into the region’s case numbers as fly-in-fly-out workers who test positive but don’t have a local address aren’t added to the RMWB’s case count.

These outbreaks will officially be declared over once they go four weeks without any additional cases.