Alberta, Canada: 2021/2022 Covid Cases

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Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/8017116/a...update-july-9/


Alberta’s active COVID-19 cases continue decline Friday
By Kirby Bourne 630CHED
Posted July 9, 2021 6:26 pm

Active cases of COVID-19 continue to decline in Alberta, as 675 were reported on Friday.

That’s compared to 697 on Thursday.

Alberta Health confirmed 52 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday.

There were 126 people in hospital with COVID-19, with 35 of those being treated in the ICU.

That’s a slight decrease in hospitalizations from Thursday when there were 133 people receiving treatment, but a slight increase of ICU admissions. On Thursday, there were 32 people in the ICU...

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Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/8014194/a...9-july-8-2021/


Active COVID-19 cases in Alberta continue to fall Thursday
By Emily Mertz Global News
Posted July 8, 2021 5:50 pm

Alberta reported 23 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday out of 5,897 tests.

The number of current active cases sat at 697 on Thursday, falling from 895 on Canada Day and 1,580 a week before that on June 24.

Alberta’s positivity rate sat at about 0.9 per cent.

There were 133 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19 on Thursday, down from 140 the day before. There were 32 people in ICU with COVID-19, a slight increase from 30 on Wednesday...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...cine-1.6093779

More than half of eligible Albertans have received 2 doses of COVID-19 vaccine
First cases of C.37 variant detected in Alberta
CBC News · Posted: Jul 07, 2021 4:39 PM MT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

Alberta's COVID-19 vaccination campaign reached an important benchmark Wednesday as more than half of the province's eligible population has received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Provincial officials announced Wednesday that 50.7 per cent of Albertans over the age of 12 now have two doses of vaccine.

Meanwhile, 73.6 per cent of Albertans aged 12 and older have had at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine...

...Public health officials, meanwhile, are reporting 67 COVID-19 new cases Wednesday, including two cases of the C.37 coronavirus variant...

...There were 21 new cases of variants of concern reported Wednesday. There are now 453 known active variant cases in Alberta.

Albertans had highest rate of COVID-19 antibodies due to infection in major national blood survey

There are 745 known active COVID-19 cases in Alberta — down slightly from Tuesday:

Calgary zone: 374
Edmonton zone: 137
North zone: 134
Central zone: 79
South zone: 19
Unknown: 2

There are 140 people being treated for in hospital for COVID-19, including 32 in the intensive care unit.

Two more Albertans have also died from the illness, pushing the total since the pandemic began to 2,307...

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Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/8007555/a...avirus-july-6/

Alberta’s active COVID-19 cases continue to drop, coronavirus hospitalizations increase slightly
By Phil Heidenreich Global News
Posted July 6, 2021 6:11 pm

Five days after almost all COVID-19 restrictions were lifted in Alberta, the province’s number of active coronavirus cases continues to decline.

New numbers released by the Alberta government on Tuesday showed the province’s number of active COVID-19 cases has dropped to 763, down from 831 a day earlier.

Despite the encouraging figures, hospitalizations linked to the disease rose slightly — up from 136 on Monday to 138 on Tuesday. As of Tuesday afternoon, 32 of those patients were in intensive care units.

In all, Alberta Health identified 33 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, including 12 new cases involving COVID-19 variants. In total, 484 of the province’s active coronavirus cases involve a variant.

Chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw tweeted Tuesday afternoon that the province’s positivity rate stands at 0.8 per cent.

The province announced two more deaths related to the illness on Tuesday: a woman in her 60s in the Central zone and a woman in her 90s in the Edmonton zone. Alberta Health said both cases included comorbidities...

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Source: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/weekend-covid-...july-1.5497168

Weekend COVID-19 update: B.C. records lowest single-day case increase since July
CTVNewsVancouver.ca
Published Monday, July 5, 2021 11:29AM PDT Last Updated Monday, July 5, 2021 3:37PM PDT

VANCOUVER -- British Columbia recorded 87 new cases of COVID-19 and three related deaths over the weekend, while marking the lowest single-day increase in infections since July.

The province has recorded 147,790 coronavirus cases and 1,759 related fatalities since the start of the pandemic...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...ly-5-1.6090170

The latest COVID-19 numbers

• Alberta reported 139 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend:
  • 42 cases on July 2, out of 3,928 tests.
  • 53 cases on July 3, out of 4,208 tests,
  • 44 cases on July 4, out of 4,263 tests.
• Alberta's chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, delivered her final regularly scheduled briefing on COVID-19 on June 29. From that point on, Hinshaw said she might still provide updates on the pandemic but only when they are needed, adding that cases and vaccination numbers would no longer be reported on weekends, and reproduction values (R-values) will shift to two-week intervals.
• There are 831 active COVID-19 cases and the positivity rate is 1.12 per cent.
• There were 136 people in hospital in Alberta, and of those 32 were in intensive care units.
• Alberta reported two more deaths, for a total of 2,303.
• 229,102 Albertans are considered to have recovered from COVID-19.
• The latest R-value was 0.75, meaning the virus is spreading to fewer than one person for each confirmed case. That number has slightly decreased from the previous week...

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Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/7999198/a...update-july-2/

Alberta confirms 110 new cases of COVID-19 over 2 days, 44.8% of province now fully vaccinated
By Kirby Bourne 630CHED
Posted July 2, 2021 5:53 pm
Updated July 2, 2021 6:11 pm

Since Wednesday’s update, Alberta Health has confirmed 110 new cases of COVID-19.

Of those cases, 67 were reported to the government on Wednesday, but because of Canada Day, the numbers weren’t released online until Friday.

There are now 895 active COVID-19 cases across the province. Of those, 470 are in the Calgary zone, the Edmonton zone has 134, there are 113 active cases in the Central zone, 25 were reported in the South zone, the North zone has 150 cases and there are three active cases not affiliated to a specific zone...

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Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/7994434/a...virus-june-30/


Alberta confirms 76 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday
By Kirby Bourne 630CHED
Posted June 30, 2021 6:05 pm

Alberta Health confirmed an additional 76 cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, bringing the total number of active cases to 1,055 across the province.

As of Wednesday afternoon, there were 165 people in Alberta hospitals with COVID-19, with 34 of those people receiving care in the ICU.

Alberta’s positivity rate was sitting at 1.17 per cent after the province conducted 6,335 more tests.

Over the past 24 hours, two additional COVID-19 deaths were reported to the province. A man in his 20s and a woman in her 70s from the Central zone have died. Neither had known comorbidities at the time of reporting...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...erta-1.6084324

Dr. Deena Hinshaw offers positive outlook as Alberta hits lowest active cases since August
As of Tuesday's update there were 170 people in hospital
CBC News · Posted: Jun 29, 2021 1:30 PM MT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, delivered a positive outlook on the province's future as she delivered her final regularly scheduled briefing on COVID-19 Tuesday.

"Across the board, our numbers are moving in the right direction," Hinshaw said. "Cases, hospitalizations, ICU admissions and our positivity rates are the lowest they've been since last summer and early fall."

As of Tuesday's update, there were 170 people in hospital — a decrease of nine from the previous day. Of those, 36 were in intensive care units.

Alberta reported 61 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday and four deaths. The positivity rate was 1.6 per cent on Monday after about 3,400 tests.

Total active cases dropped 129, down to 1,132 — the lowest since late August 26 last year....

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...e-28-1.6082657

The latest COVID-19 numbers:

After days of technical issues, Alberta is releasing COVID-19 data from the past four days:
31 new cases out of 4,489 tests on Sunday.
33 new cases out of 4,587 tests on Saturday.
64 new cases out of 6,083 tests on Friday.
81 new cases out of 7,073 tests on Thursday.
There are 1,261 active cases, and the positivity rate is 0.87 per cent.
There were 179 people in hospital in Alberta, and of those 39 were in intensive care units.
Alberta reported two new deaths on Monday. There have now been 2,295 COVID deaths, while 228,294 Albertans are considered to have recovered from COVID-19.
The latest R-value was 0.75, meaning the virus is spreading to less than one person for each confirmed case. That number has slightly decreased from the previous week...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...e-25-1.6079946

...The latest COVID-19 numbers:

Due to a technical issue, the province is reporting only preliminary estimates of today's numbers, Dr. Deena Hinshaw said on Twitter. The province said that full data will be posted on Monday.
Alberta reported about 100 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, out of 6,100 tests over the past 24 hours.
On Thursday, the province reported its lowest active case count of COVID-19 since October — there were 1,580 active infections in the province, down from more than 20,000 a month earlier, when Alberta imposed tougher public health restrictions.
There were 190 people in hospital in Alberta on Thursday, one less than the previous day. Of those in hospital, 50 were in intensive care units.
As of Friday, Alberta's positivity rate is 1.70 per cent.
Alberta reported one new death on Thursday. There have now been 2,293 COVID deaths, while 227,768 Albertans are considered to have recovered from COVID-19.
The latest R-value was 0.75, meaning the virus is spreading to less than one person for each confirmed case. That number has slightly decreased from the previous week.
Two units at the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary are dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks, one of which involves the more rapidly spreading delta variant, or B.1.617.2. There had been a third outbreak, also of the delta strain, but it has ended, the province says.
Three deaths at the Foothills hospital have been linked to the delta variant, Alberta Health Services says.
The latest death at Foothills involved a man in his 60s who was not immunized and had significant comorbidities, according to Alberta Health Services.
A total of 22 people linked to outbreaks on two units at Foothills have tested positive for the variant as of June 18. An earlier tally of 23 cases was revised to 22 because one case had been incorrectly identified, the province says.
There have been no new confirmed cases since last week...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...e-24-1.6079315

Alberta reports 73 new cases of COVID-19, 1 new death
Province set to lift most health restrictions in 1 week
CBC News · Posted: Jun 24, 2021 4:18 PM MT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

A week away from lifting nearly all its COVID-19 restrictions, Alberta reported 73 new cases of COVID-19 and one new death from the disease.

The province identified 73 cases on 5,715 tests Thursday, for a positivity rate around 1.4 per cent. Alberta labs also detected 61 cases of variants of concern.

There were 190 people being treated in hospital for COVID-19, including 50 in intensive care beds.

The death reported by Alberta Health was a man in his 70s from the Calgary zone who died on Wednesday. In Alberta, 2,293 people have died from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.

Active cases continue to drop province-wide. There were 1,580 active cases as of Thursday — the lowest number in Alberta since September 24, 2020....

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Source: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/alberta-...-200-1.5482949

Alberta reports 92 new COVID-19 cases as hospitalizations dip below 200
Diego Romero
CTVNewsEdmonton.ca Senior Producer
Published Wednesday, June 23, 2021 4:01PM MDT

EDMONTON -- Alberta reported 92 new cases of COVID-19 and two more deaths on Wednesday.

The positivity rate for Tuesday was 1.61 per cent after Alberta Health Services conducted 6,335 tests.

There are 199 Albertans with COVID-19 in hospital, 56 of whom are in ICU...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...eath-1.6075239

Alberta reports 57 new cases of COVID-19, one more death
'Anxiety and uncertainty' natural as Stage 3 approaches, Dr. Deena Hinshaw says
CBC News · Posted: Jun 22, 2021 1:30 PM MT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

Alberta reported 57 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday and one new death.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical officer of health, said 38 additional variant cases were identified in the last 24 hours.

There are now 1,773 active cases of COVID-19 in Alberta, the lowest number since Oct. 2, Hinshaw told a news conference.

She said 200 people are in hospital being treated for the disease, including 54 patients in intensive care.

Another 5,000 tests were performed in the last 24 hours, with a positivity rate of 1.4 per cent, she said.

To date more than 3.85 million doses of vaccine have been administered in the province, including more than 45,000 on Monday, Hinshaw said.

She said 70.8 per cent of eligible Albertans age 12 and up have had one dose of vaccine, and 30.4 per cent of the same group are fully immunized with two doses...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...e-21-1.6073450

...The latest COVID-19 numbers:

Alberta reported 60 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, out of 2,833 tests over the past 24 hours.
Almost all COVID-19 public health restrictions will be lifted in Alberta on Canada Day as the province prepares to enter the final stage of its COVID-19 reopening plan.
Stage 3 of Alberta's Open for Summer plan will kick in on July 1, Premier Jason Kenney announced in a news conference Friday.
The province is reporting its lowest active case count of COVID-19 since October — there are 2,003 active infections in the province, down from more than 20,000 a month earlier, when Alberta imposed tougher public health restrictions.
There were 214 people in hospital in Alberta — the same number as the previous day. Of those in hospital, 56 were in intensive care units.
Alberta's positivity rate is 1.8 per cent.
There have now been 2,292 COVID deaths, while 227,124 Albertans are considered to have recovered from COVID-19.
The latest R-value was 0.75, meaning the virus is spreading to less than one person for each confirmed case. That number has slightly decreased from the previous week.
Three units at the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary are dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks of the rapidly spreading delta variant, or B.1.617.2.
Three deaths at the Foothills Medical Centre have been linked to the delta variant, Alberta Health Services says.
The latest death at Foothills involved a man in his 60s who was not immunized and had significant comorbidities, according to Alberta Health Services.
A total of 23 people linked to outbreaks on two units at Foothills have tested positive for the variant as of June 18...