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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...y-10-1.6020370
Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Monday, May 10
Alberta reports 1,597 new COVID-19 cases Monday as patios, hair salons shut down
CBC News ? Posted: May 10, 2021 8:39 AM MT | Last Updated: 17 minutes ago
...The latest COVID-19 numbers:
Alberta reported 1,597 new COVID-19 cases on Monday and seven more deaths from the illness.
Across the province there were 25,438 active cases, which was the highest active-case rate, per capita, of all provinces and territories.
The test positivity rate was 11.5 per cent, up from 10.5 per cent the previous day.
There were 690 people in hospital with COVID-19, including 158 people in intensive care.
There have now been 2,117 deaths recorded in Alberta from COVID-19.
The latest R-value reported for the province was 1, meaning the virus is spreading to one person for each confirmed case.
182,832 Albertans have recovered from COVID-19.
Currently, 857 schools, about 33 per cent of all schools in Alberta, are on alert or have outbreaks. In-school transmission is believed to have occurred in 729 schools...Comment
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Source: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/alberta-...rate-1.5422923
Alberta reports 1,449 COVID-19 cases, 12.7 per cent positivity rate
Diego Romero
CTVNewsEdmonton.ca Senior Producer
Published Tuesday, May 11, 2021 9:19AM MDT Last Updated Tuesday, May 11, 2021 4:38PM MDT
EDMONTON -- Alberta reported 1,449 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday after 11,852 tests.
There are 24,998 active coronavirus cases across the province, including 11,532 in the Calgary zone and 5,707 in the Edmonton zone.
Alberta's R-value decreased from 1.12 to 1 last week, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw said.
"These are positive signs that transmission may be starting to slow," she added.
Hospitals have 705 Albertans with COVID-19, 163 of whom are in ICU ? a pandemic high.
Three more Albertans died due to COVID-19, Hinshaw said.
Alberta has reported 211,836 cases and 2,119 death since March 2020...
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Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/7856853/a...y-may-12-2021/
Hospitalizations jump as Alberta records 1,799 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday
By Caley Ramsay Global News
Posted May 12, 2021 6:08 pm
Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 jumped Wednesday as the province identified 1,799 new cases of the disease.
There are now 737 people in hospital with COVID-19 across Alberta, an increase from 705 people in hospital Tuesday. Of the 737 people in hospital, 169 are being treated for COVID in intensive care.
There are now 24,962 active cases of COVID-19 in Alberta, a slight decrease from 24,998 active cases Tuesday.
Of the active cases, 11,611 are in the Calgary zone, 5,606 are in the Edmonton zone, 3,675 are in the North zone, 2,742 are in the Central zone, 1,311 are in the South zone and 17 are not tied to any specific zone.
Four additional deaths from the disease were reported on Wednesday, bringing the province?s death toll to 2,123.
A woman in her 70s in the Edmonton zone, a man in his 40s in the Calgary zone and a woman in her 50s in the North zone died. All of these cases included comorbidities, according to Alberta Health.
A woman in her 60s from the Central zone without comorbidities also died.
Alberta is nearing a milestone in its COVID-19 vaccination rollout, inching ever closer to administering two million doses of vaccine...
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Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/7858804/a...ine-milestone/
Alberta surpasses 2M COVID-19 vaccine doses administered as 1,558 new cases identified Thursday
By Caley Ramsay Global News
Posted May 13, 2021 12:50 pm
Updated May 13, 2021 6:07 pm
Alberta has hit yet another milestone in its COVID-19 vaccine rollout, surpassing two million doses administered. It comes as Alberta recorded 1,558 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday. (Full daily COVID data below)...
...So far, Alberta has administered 2,019,713 doses of COVID-19 vaccine and 322,247 Albertans are fully immunized with two doses.
That translates to about 38 per cent of the population having received one dose of the vaccine and 7.2 per cent of Albertans fully immunized...
...With 1,558 new cases reported Thursday, Alberta now has 24,586 active cases of COVID-19 province-wide. That?s down slightly from 24,962 active cases Wednesday.
There are now 722 people in hospital with COVID-19, 177 of whom are being treated in intensive care. Hospitalizations are down from Wednesday when there were 737 people being treated with COVID-19.
About 15,266 tests were processed, putting Alberta?s positivity rate at 10.6 per cent.
Nine additional deaths were reported to Alberta Health over the last 24 hours, bringing the province?s death toll to 2,132. All of the deaths included comorbidities.
Five of the deaths occurred in the Edmonton zone: a man in his 50s, a woman in her 60s, two men in their 70s and a man in his 90s.
Two deaths occurred in the South zone: a man in his 70s and a man in his 80s.
A man in his 40s from the Calgary zone died, as well as a woman in her 90s in the Central zone.
Alberta has recorded 215,193 total cases and 188,475 recoveries since the pandemic started last spring.Comment
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Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/7863436/a...e-may-14-2021/
Alberta reports 1,433 additional COVID-19 infections Friday, 5 more deaths
By Heide Pearson Global News
Posted May 14, 2021 6:05 pm
Updated May 14, 2021 6:34 pm
Alberta reported 1,433 new COVID-19 infections on Friday, along with five additional deaths linked to the virus.
The province had a total of 23,873 active cases with 713 people being treated in hospital and 177 of them needing ICU care.
Officials also recorded 399 new cases of COVID-19 variants, bringing the total of variants in the province?s active cases to 6,389.
Each of the additional five COVID-19 deaths included comorbidities. They included three men in the Central zone: one in his 60s, one in his 70s and one in his 80s. A woman in her 90s in the Calgary zone and a man in his 80s in the Edmonton Zone also died...Comment
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Source: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/covid-19...line-1.5429647
COVID-19 in Alberta: 1,195 new cases reported as infections and hospitalizations start to decline
Adam Lachacz
CTVNewsEdmonton.ca Digital Journalist
Published Saturday, May 15, 2021 4:16PM MDT
EDMONTON -- Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 in Alberta declined Saturday after setting multiple records earlier this month.
In a limited update over Twitter, the province?s top doctor reported that 686 people were in hospital with COVID-19 ? a decrease of 32 patients since Friday.
Hospitalizations have been declining everyday since they spiked to 741 patients on Wednesday. Saturday marked the largest decrease in the number of people in hospital with COVID-19 since that spike.
According to Dr. Deena Hinshaw, 178 people are in ICU ? a new pandemic record for Alberta...Comment
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Outbreaks at Alberta child-care facilities leave parents with difficult decisions
BY JO HORWOOD
Posted May 15, 2021 4:31 pm MDT
Last Updated May 15, 2021 at 4:44 pm MDT
CALGARY (CityNews) ? Alberta parents are facing significant challenges as outbreaks in child-care facilities soar.
The number of outbreaks in Alberta?s preschools and daycares have exploded from about 15 in February to 83 as of Friday, leaving parents wondering about what to do next.
?The rate of growth for daycares and preschools just outstrips anything else,? said data journalist Aryn Toombs. ?And I honestly don?t know why that?s happening, it?s a bit of a mystery.?
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There is a graph from the article above concerning outbreaks at Alberta child-care facilities. Check out the article just to see the graph if nothing else.Last edited by Okieman; May 15, 2021, 07:12 PM. Reason: Edited to remove an attachment of image of the graph.Comment
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Source: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/hospital...d-19-1.5430428
Hospitalizations decline for fourth day as Alberta reports 1,140 new cases of COVID-19
Adam Lachacz
CTVNewsEdmonton.ca Digital Journalist
Published Sunday, May 16, 2021 5:14PM MDT
EDMONTON -- Alberta reported another 1,140 new cases of COVID-19 Sunday as hospitalizations decline for the fourth day in a row.
The numbers were reported in a limited update on the province?s COVID-19 information website that was delayed by an hour Sunday.
On Sunday, 647 people were in hospital ? a decrease of 39 patients.
Hospitalizations spiked Wednesday to 741 and have declined since.
ICU admissions set a new pandemic record for the province Sunday. Hinshaw said 186 people were in ICU.
At the peak of the second wave admissions to intensive care never reached higher than 151 people.
The previous record for ICU admissions was 178 which was set on Friday.
Three more deaths from COVID-19 were reported Sunday bringing the total number to 2,143...Comment
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Source: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/alberta-...arch-1.5431626
Alberta adds fewer than 1K cases for first time since late March
CTV News Edmonton
Published Monday, May 17, 2021 3:54PM MDT
EDMONTON -- Alberta added 721 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, the first time the number of daily new cases was less than 1,000 since April 6 and the smallest daily increase since March 30.
The number of active cases fell to 21,288, the first time the province has had fewer than 22,000 actives since April 30.
The number of patients in intensive care units continued to remain near record high levels with 181 receiving care at the end of Sunday. Those are included in the 678 patients receiving COVID-19 care in hospital at the end of Sunday.
The transmission of the coronavirus also appears to be slowing. On Monday, all four regions reported a registered value less than one for the first time since Feb. 8-14.
The province reported five more deaths on Monday, including that of a man in his 60s linked to an outbreak at CNRL Horizon in Wood Buffalo. The deaths bring the number of COVID-19 fatalities in Alberta up to 2,148 since the start of the pandemic.
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney appealed for patience earlier Monday, saying relaxed COVID-19 health restrictions could be coming if vaccinations continue to trend up and hospitalizations level off.
Kenney said rules around self-isolation quarantine requirements for vaccinated could be relaxed "later this week" to reflect "the lower level of ... risk that they pose."
The premier said he expects the province to surpass the 50 per cent mark of eligible Albertans to have had at least one vaccine dose in the day.
"We should be, at some point in June, pushing 70 per cent of the eligible population vaccinated ... if so, that bodes very well for a broad reopening later this summer," he said.
"We have a ways to go yet."...Comment
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Source: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/alberta-...rate-1.5432903
Alberta reports 877 new COVID-19 cases, 11.4 per cent positivity rate
Steven Dyer
CTVNewsEdmonton.ca Digital Journalist
Published Tuesday, May 18, 2021 11:07AM MDT Last Updated Tuesday, May 18, 2021 4:17PM MDT
EDMONTON -- Alberta?s chief medical officer of health reported 877 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday after nearly 8,100 tests.
This is the second day in a row Alberta has reported fewer than 1,000 new daily COVID-19 cases. The province?s current positivity rate is sitting at 11.4 per cent.
?This suggests that our public health measures are beginning to have an impact,? said Dr. Deena Hinshaw. ?But there is still more to do and we have a long way to go.?
There are currently 691 people in hospital, including 187 people in ICU, according to Hinshaw.
Hinshaw also reported that four more Albertans have died due to COVID-19, bringing the total to 2,152 deaths...Comment
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Source: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/covid-19...high-1.5435105
COVID-19 in Alberta: 908 new cases, ICU numbers remain high
CTV News Edmonton
Published Wednesday, May 19, 2021 3:31PM MDT
Alberta reported fewer than a thousand new cases of COVID-19 for a third straight day on Wednesday though the number of patients in intensive care units remained near record-high levels.
The province added 908 new cases, pushing the total number of cases over the 221,000 mark.
The deaths of six individuals, ranging in age from in their 50s to 70s, were also reported, bringing the number of COVID-19 fatalities in Alberta up to 2,158.
There are now 685 COVID-19 patients in Alberta hospitals, including 185 in intensive care units. The province set a record high patient count in ICU with 187 on Tuesday...Comment
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Source: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/covid-19...fall-1.5436492
COVID-19 in Alberta: 812 new cases as hospitalizations and ICU numbers fall
CTV News Edmonton
Published Thursday, May 20, 2021 11:16AM MDT Last Updated Thursday, May 20, 2021 4:11PM MDT
EDMONTON -- Alberta added 812 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday while the number of patients in hospitals and intensive care units fell slightly.
It's the fourth straight day the province has added fewer than a thousand daily new cases.
There are now 665 Albertans in hospitals, and a total of 177 in ICUs. The province had set record high ICU patient counts both of the past two days.
Hospitalizations had surpassed 700 as recently as a week ago.
Four more deaths were reported Thursday, including that of an Edmonton-area man in his 40s. There have now been 2,162 deaths due to COVID-19 in Alberta since the start of the pandemic...Comment
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Source: https://edmonton.citynews.ca/2021/05...y-rate-of-7-2/
Alberta identifies 732 new COVID-19 cases, positivity rate of 7.2%
by Josh Ritchie
Posted May 21, 2021 3:48 pm MDT
Last Updated May 21, 2021 at 4:21 pm MDT
CALGARY ? Alberta identified 732 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday.
The new cases numbers coming after more than 10,000 tests were completed, giving the province a positivity rate of 7.2 per cent over the last day.
Currently, there are 16,577 active cases in Alberta, a significant decrease of 1,098 cases from Thursday.
Hospitalizations also trended downwards, with 638 people in hospital, a 27 person decrease from the day prior.
ICU admissions held steady at 177.
Two additional deaths were confirmed on Friday...Comment
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