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36 more Albertans in hospital with COVID-19 Friday, 5 additional deaths reported
By Kirby Bourne 630CHED
Posted January 14, 2022 6:12 pm
Updated January 14, 2022 6:35 pm
Alberta Health reported 36 more people were in hospitals receiving care for COVID-19 on Friday than there were on Thursday.
A total of 822 people were in hospital on Friday afternoon with the disease, with 81 of those people receiving care in the ICU.
The province also reported five additional deaths had been reported in the past 24 hours.
Two deaths took place in the Edmonton zone: a woman in her 80s with pre-existing conditions and a woman in her 90s with no pre-existing conditions.
There were two who died in the Calgary zone: a man in his 80s and a man in his 90s, both with pre-existing conditions.
The last death was a man in his 80s in the South zone. Alberta Health says he did not have any pre-existing conditions...
Alberta has made major changes to PCR testing criteria over the past weeks, limiting testing access to those living or working in high-risk areas. The average Albertan can no long receive a PCR test, meaning the total number of active COVID-19 cases in Alberta is believed to be much higher than the province is reporting.
Last week, chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw said a conservative estimate is that the province is catching one in 10 positive cases.
On Friday, the province reported an additional 6,163 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19, another pandemic record for Alberta. There were a total of 64,129 confirmed active cases of COVID-19 in Alberta on Friday afternoon.
According to Hinshaw’s estimate, that means there are likely at least 640,000 active cases of COVID-19 in Alberta...
36 more Albertans in hospital with COVID-19 Friday, 5 additional deaths reported
By Kirby Bourne 630CHED
Posted January 14, 2022 6:12 pm
Updated January 14, 2022 6:35 pm
Alberta Health reported 36 more people were in hospitals receiving care for COVID-19 on Friday than there were on Thursday.
A total of 822 people were in hospital on Friday afternoon with the disease, with 81 of those people receiving care in the ICU.
The province also reported five additional deaths had been reported in the past 24 hours.
Two deaths took place in the Edmonton zone: a woman in her 80s with pre-existing conditions and a woman in her 90s with no pre-existing conditions.
There were two who died in the Calgary zone: a man in his 80s and a man in his 90s, both with pre-existing conditions.
The last death was a man in his 80s in the South zone. Alberta Health says he did not have any pre-existing conditions...
Alberta has made major changes to PCR testing criteria over the past weeks, limiting testing access to those living or working in high-risk areas. The average Albertan can no long receive a PCR test, meaning the total number of active COVID-19 cases in Alberta is believed to be much higher than the province is reporting.
Last week, chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw said a conservative estimate is that the province is catching one in 10 positive cases.
On Friday, the province reported an additional 6,163 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19, another pandemic record for Alberta. There were a total of 64,129 confirmed active cases of COVID-19 in Alberta on Friday afternoon.
According to Hinshaw’s estimate, that means there are likely at least 640,000 active cases of COVID-19 in Alberta...
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