The active total of COVID-19 cases in Fort McMurray is once again going down.

The province announced on Wednesday 406 new cases across Alberta, the highest daily count since the start of the pandemic.

This raises the provincial total to 23,402 with 3,372 cases currently active.

Locally, Fort McMurray didn’t see any new cases while four individuals recovered. This puts the active total back at 28.

The rural areas didn’t see any new changes keeping the active total at three.

In total, 357 individuals across the RMWB – 293 in Fort McMurray and 64 in the rural areas – have recovered.

They are among the 19,734 who’ve recovered across the province. This represents over 84 per cent of reported cases.

Meanwhile, there were three new deaths from COVID-19 in Alberta over the past 24 hours – raising the total at 296.

One of the deaths throughout the pandemic was in Fort McMurray.