Alberta, Canada: 2021/2022 Covid Cases

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Source: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/alberta-reports-5-107-covid-19-cases-96-deaths-since-dec-30-1.5253333

Alberta reports 5,107 COVID-19 cases, 96 deaths since Dec. 30
Diego Romero
CTVNewsEdmonton.ca Digital Journalist
Published Monday, January 4, 2021 4:35PM MST

EDMONTON -- Alberta has added more than 5,000 cases of COVID-19 and nearly 100 deaths since last Wednesday.

On Monday, Alberta Health reported 96 deaths and:

1,226 cases on Dec. 30;
1,361 on Dec. 31;
933 on Jan. 1;
459 on Jan. 2; and
1,128 on Jan. 3. Alberta Health Services conducted 11,963 tests that day.

Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw tweeted preliminary data during the majority of the holidays and will return for an in-person update Tuesday....

 

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Source: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/alberta...ovid-19-cases-after-low-testing-day-1.5254168

Alberta adds 26 deaths, 843 COVID-19 cases after low-testing day
Diego Romero
CTVNewsEdmonton.ca Digital Journalist
Published Tuesday, January 5, 2021 10:32AM MST Last Updated Tuesday, January 5, 2021 5:33PM MST

EDMONTON -- Dr. Deena Hinshaw says Alberta’s COVID-19 numbers remain “very high” as she reported 843 new cases from 10,301 tests and 26 more deaths.

Alberta has 13,411 cases, 919 hospitalizations in total and 140 patients in ICU.

“Our health-care system remains under significant pressure,” the chief medical officer of health said.

“We are seeing a stabilization in cases, with occasional days of low new cases due to lower testing volumes, but overall, new case numbers, hospitalization, and ICU admissions for COVID-19 are still very high in our province.”

The province has registered 106,378 cases and 1,168 deaths since March.

VACCINE ROLLOUT

Alberta Health Services has administered 26,269 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and plans to give out another 3,000 by the end of Tuesday, Health Minister Tyler Shandro said.

With that, Alberta will reach its “aggressive goal” of the 29,000 doses it said it would administer by the end of 2020...

 

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Source: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/alberta-reports-1-123-new-covid-19-cases-25-deaths-1.5256383

Alberta reports 1,123 new COVID-19 cases, 25 deaths
Diego Romero
CTVNewsEdmonton.ca Digital Journalist
Published Wednesday, January 6, 2021 3:54PM MST Last Updated Wednesday, January 6, 2021 4:48PM MST

EDMONTON -- Alberta is reporting another 1,123 cases of COVID-19 and 25 more deaths on Wednesday.

The positivity rate from Tuesday was just shy of seven per cent after Alberta Health Services tested approximately 16,000 people.

The province has 13,540 active coronavirus cases and 911 people in hospital, 141 of whom are in ICU...

 

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Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/7564615/alberta-covid-19-cases-january-8/

Alberta records 24 deaths Friday, 1st case of South African variant of COVID-19
By Caley Ramsay Global News
Posted January 8, 2021 5:59 pm
Updated January 8, 2021 7:06 pm

Alberta reported 1,183 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, along with 24 additional deaths from the disease.

As of Friday afternoon, there were 851 people in hospital with COVID-19, 135 of whom were being treated in intensive care.
Alberta records first case of South African variant of COVID-19

On Friday afternoon, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced on Twitter that the province had detected its first case of the South African variant of COVID-19.

She said the person with the illness is in quarantine and “there’s no evidence at this time that the virus has spread to others.”...

 

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Source: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/31-new-...-as-989-new-cases-reported-saturday-1.5260485

31 new COVID-19 deaths in Alberta as 989 new cases reported Saturday
CTV News Edmonton
Published Saturday, January 9, 2021 3:57PM MST Last Updated Saturday, January 9, 2021 4:32PM MST

EDMONTON -- Thirty-one more Albertans have died due to COVID-19 as the province reported 989 new cases on Saturday.

The province has now recorded 1272 coronavirus-related deaths and 110,641 total cases.

Saturday saw a significant increase of 809 active cases, the largest one-day jump since late November.

Saturday's active case increase marks the second day in a row and third time in the past six days that active cases have increased. Prior to Jan. 4 they had fallen every day over the past three weeks.

Hospitalizations fell for a fourth straight day, down 35 to 827. The number of patients in intensive care also fell, down five to 132.

The province recorded a 7.07 per cent test positivity percentage based on 13,540 tests...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-covid-coronavirus-hinshaw-shandro-1.5868688

Alberta expands COVID-19 vaccine program to include paramedics, EMTs
Alberta on track to complete first doses for all residents in senior-living centres by next week, premier says
CBC News ? Posted: Jan 11, 2021 1:30 PM MT | Last Updated: 12 minutes ago

Alberta will immediately expand its COVID-19 vaccination program to include all paramedics and emergency medical responders, Premier Jason Kenney says.

"By expanding eligibility to paramedics and emergency medical technicians today, and staff in COVID-19 units and medical surgical units last week … we are well on our way to get those populations immunized," Kenney said Monday at a news conference.

Kenney said all the provinces have to depend of the federal government to quickly procure and distribute vaccine.

"The bottom line is this," he said. "Alberta's capacity to give people the jab will soon outstrip available vaccine supplies and we are doing everything humanly possible to roll out these life-saving vaccines as quickly as they arrive."

Alberta reported 639 new cases on Monday and 23 more deaths. Across the province there were 13,917 active cases, with 811 people are being treated in hospitals for the illness, including 130 in ICU beds. ..

 

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Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/7571124/alberta-coronavirus-update-jan-12-2021/

Alberta’s contact tracing improving as 652 new COVID-19 cases identified, 38 more deaths
By Allison Bench Global News
Posted January 12, 2021 1:55 pm
Updated January 12, 2021 6:59 pm

Alberta’s contact-tracing system is improving and greatly reducing the number of COVID-19 cases with an unknown source, Dr. Deena Hinshaw said Tuesday, as the province added 652 new cases of the disease.

The province’s chief medical officer of health said Alberta Health Services is “making progress” in getting through the backlog.

“We are now able to reach out within 24 hours to all high-priority cases of COVID-19, including those involving school-aged children, health-care workers, long-term care workers and those who are involved in critical response,” Hinshaw said

inshaw added that currently, 47 per cent of active cases — which now sit at 13,220 — have an unknown source. Comparing to mid-December, Hinshaw said that between Dec. 10 and 15, the provincial number of unknown cases was closer to 80 per cent.

The province said last week that it currently has approximately 1,250 contact tracers working. Work continues to hire and train hundreds more and AHS said it now hopes to have over 2,000 contact tracers in place by early February.

However, Hinshaw cautioned that there will always be cases with an unknown source.

“Even with a fully functioning system, there are always a portion of cases, usually around 30 per cent, where the source of exposure cannot be identified,” she said.

The 652 new cases identified Tuesday come from 9,336 tests administered on Monday. That leaves the province with a positivity rate of around 6.8 per cent, Hinshaw said...

 

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Source: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/875-new-covid-19-cases-23-deaths-in-alberta-1.5265207

875 new COVID-19 cases, 23 deaths in Alberta
Alex Antoneshyn
CTVNewsEdmonton.ca Digital Journalist
Published Wednesday, January 13, 2021 11:05AM MST Last Updated Wednesday, January 13, 2021 3:52PM MST

EDMONTON -- Alberta reported a provincial positivity rate of 5.3 per cent on Wednesday, announcing 875 new cases amongst 16,000 tests the day before.

There are 820 Albertans in hospital, 137 of whom are in ICUs.

Chief Medical Officer of Health also reported 23 more COVID-19-related deaths. While many were linked to outbreaks at care homes in Edmonton and Calgary, Hinshaw reminded the public: "They ranged in age from 48 to 96. Men and women whose passing leaves a whole in the lives of those who cared about them."

The top doctor sent a message of encouragement to Albertans who were growing tired of living through a pandemic, calling her frequent phrase, "We are all in this together," less slogan than an "irrefutable, biological fact" of the disease...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-covid-coronavirus-deena-hinshaw-1.5873276

Alberta to ease some COVID-19 restrictions starting Monday, health minister says
Province reports 967 new cases of the illness and 21 more deaths
CBC News ? Posted: Jan 14, 2021 1:30 PM MT | Last Updated: 19 minutes ago

With case numbers falling, Alberta will ease some public health restrictions starting on Monday, allowing hair salons, barbershops and other personal-services businesses to reopen by appointment only.

Also starting on Jan. 18, up to 10 people will be allowed to gather outdoors, and up to 20 people will be allowed to attend funerals provided all who attend wear masks and maintain two metres of physical distancing.

Indoor gatherings remain prohibited and funeral receptions are still not allowed.

"Alberta's case numbers and hospitalizations remain high and they pose a threat to our health-care system capacity and they continue to," Shandro said Thursday at a news conference.

The changes will impact hair salons, barber shops, esthetics, manicure and pedicure businesses, reflexology, piercing and tattoo shops, and other personal and wellness services throughout the province. Appointments should be limited to one-on-one services and businesses, he said, and clients are expected to keep following the public health guidelines...

 

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Source: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/alberta...of-covid-19-as-deaths-surpass-1-400-1.5269014

Alberta reports 785 new cases of COVID-19 as deaths surpass 1,400
Published Friday, January 15, 2021 3:58PM MST Last Updated Friday, January 15, 2021 4:00PM MST

EDMONTON -- More than 1,400 Albertans have died due to COVID-19, the province confirmed Friday as Alberta also recorded 785 new cases of the coronavirus.

The province announced 13 new deaths, but given delays in reporting it is likely the 1,400th death occurred before Thursday.

There are now 796 patients being treated for COVID-19 in Alberta hospitals, a decrease of 16 from yesterday. The 796 includes 124 patients in intensive care units, a decrease of nine.

The province processed 13,575 tests on Thursday, a decrease of 2,644 from the day before. The test positivity rate was 5.46 per cent...

 

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Source: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/750-cases-of-covid-19-reported-in-alberta-on-sunday-1.5270587


750 cases of COVID-19 reported in Alberta on Sunday
CTV News Edmonton
Published Sunday, January 17, 2021 4:05PM MST

EDMONTON -- Alberta reported 750 cases of COVID-19 on Sunday after performing 11,484 tests on Saturday.

An additional 19 deaths were also reported, including eight people in the Edmonton zone and seven people in the Calgary zone.

As of Sunday, there are 765 Albertans in hospital; 122 of them are in intensive care...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmo...-with-474-new-cases-reported-monday-1.5877759

Alberta's COVID-19 numbers continue to drop, with 474 new cases reported Monday
'We are making progress but we are not out of the woods yet'
CBC News ? Posted: Jan 18, 2021 12:40 PM MT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

As the province awaits its next vaccine shipment, the province continues to see declining rates of COVID-19.

On Monday, Alberta reported 474 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. There are 739 people in hospital with the disease, 120 of whom are in intensive care.

The province also reported 11 more deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 1,447.

"Over the last month we've seen active cases, hospitalizations, ICU admissions and our transmission rate decline," Dr Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, said at a news conference. "This is a testament to the hard work and sacrifices of so many."

But Hinshaw emphasized that case numbers in Alberta are still very high. Three months ago, on Oct. 18, the active case count was just over 3,000, while on Monday it was 11,923.

"Critically, on Oct. 18, there were 120 people in hospital with COVID-19," she said. "Today we have more than six times that total.

"All of this means we are making progress but we are not out of the woods yet...

 

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Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/7585596/alberta-coronavirus-covid-19-update-january-19/

Alberta’s COVID-19 positivity rate declining but health system still under ‘severe strain’: Hinshaw
By Phil Heidenreich Global News
Posted January 19, 2021 12:39 pm
Updated January 19, 2021 6:53 pm

Alberta’s chief medical officer of health said Tuesday that while the province’s positivity rate for COVID-19 is improving, the health-care system continues to struggle under the weight of hundreds of people being in hospital with the disease.

“The positivity rate is declining,” Dr. Deena Hinshaw told reporters at a news conference in Edmonton, noting it currently sits at 5.6 per cent. “But (it’s) still far above the one to three per cent we saw in summer and fall.”

She said 740 people remain in hospital with COVID-19 in Alberta and added that 119 people are in intensive care units.

“Our health-care system is stull under severe strain,” Hinshaw said...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/covid-19-alberta-deena-hinshaw-health-pandemic-1.5880573

Declining case numbers show Alberta restrictions working, Dr. Deena Hinshaw says
'It's very encouraging to see our positivity rate steadily declining'
CBC News ? Posted: Jan 20, 2021 1:30 PM MT | Last Updated: 28 minutes ago

Declining numbers of cases and positive tests for COVID-19 in Alberta show that restrictions put in place last year have been effective, the province's top doctor says.

Alberta reported 21 more COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday and 669 new cases of the illness.

Laboratories conducted about 14,900 tests over the past 24 hours putting the positivity rate at about 4.5 per cent.

"It's very encouraging to see our positivity rate steadily declining since the peak in December," Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical officer of health, said Wednesday at a news conference...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmo...-coronavirus-deena-hinshaw-pandemic-1.5882310

Alberta has now lost 1,500 people to COVID-19 since pandemic began
Active cases in the province peaked on Dec. 13 and have steadily declined since
CBC News ? Posted: Jan 21, 2021 1:30 PM MT | Last Updated: 39 minutes ago

Alberta has now lost 1,500 people to COVID-19 since the pandemic began last March.

On Thursday, the province reported 16 more deaths and 678 new cases of the illness.

Active cases in Alberta have been declining steadily for the past month and are now half what they were in mid-December.

But though the number of people in hospital has declined slightly, that metric has lagged well behind.

On Dec. 13, active cases peaked at 21,178. The latest update, released Thursday, reported 10,256 cases.

Hospitalizations in Alberta peaked on Dec. 30, when there were 941 people being treated for the illness, including 145 in ICU beds.

Across the province, 726 people are now being treated in hospitals for the disease, including 119 in ICU beds...

 

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Source: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/alberta...s-for-first-time-since-mid-november-1.5278667

Alberta adds 12 COVID-19 deaths, falls under 10K active cases for first time since mid-November
CTV News Edmonton
Published Friday, January 22, 2021 3:59PM MST Last Updated Friday, January 22, 2021 4:07PM MST

EDMONTON -- Alberta's active COVID-19 case count fell below 10,000 on Friday for the first time in more than two months as the province reported 643 new cases and 12 more deaths.

The deaths bring the number of coronavirus fatalities to 1,512. Active cases total 9,987, the lowest count since November 14.

Hospitalizations continue a general downward trend as the number of COVID-19 patients fell by 40, to 691. The number of patients in intensive care units fell by four to 115. It's the first time the province has had fewer than 700 coronavirus patients in hospital since Dec. 7...

 

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Source: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/2-alber...3-covid-19-deaths-reported-saturday-1.5279564

2 Albertans in their 20s among the 13 COVID-19 deaths reported Saturday
CTV News Edmonton
Published Saturday, January 23, 2021 4:05PM MST Last Updated Saturday, January 23, 2021 4:07PM MST

EDMONTON -- Two Albertans in their 20s are among the 13 COVID-19 fatalities the province reported on Saturday.

The deaths of one man and one woman both occurred in the Calgary Zone, which is significantly bigger than the city itself.

Neither death involved any confirmed comorbidities. Fourteen people under the age of 40 have now died due to COVID-19, including seven under the age of 30.

The province's death toll now stands at 1,525 people.

The province reported 573 new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday as active cases fell for a seventh straight day.

Hospitalizations continue a general downward trend as the number of COVID-19 patients fell by 27, to 676. The number of patients in intensive care units fell by one to 114...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmo...eaths-and-463-new-cases-of-covid-19-1.5886024

Alberta records 24 additional deaths and 463 new cases of COVID-19
Outbreak at Edmonton long-term care centre claims two more lives
CBC News ? Posted: Jan 24, 2021 4:56 PM MT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

The death toll at an Edmonton long-term care centre climbed to 57 on Sunday, as Alberta recorded 24 more death from COVID-19, including two at the care centre, along with 463 new cases.

Active cases fell again on Sunday to 9,511 from 9,727 total active cases across Alberta on Saturday, and new cases also fell by 110 from 573 new cases reported on Saturday.

Hospitalizations also continued to fall, with 652 people in hospital with the illness on Sunday, including 111 in intensive care unit beds — 24 fewer than Saturday, when 676 people were in hospital with the illness including 114 in intensive care unit beds.

On Twitter, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, said the decline in active cases and hospitalizations are "encouraging signs...

 

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Source: https://dailyhive.com/calgary/alberta-reports-362-new-covid-19-cases-january-25

Alberta reports 362 new COVID-19 cases as hospitalizations slowly fall
Megan Devlin
Jan 25 2021, 3:19 pm

Alberta discovered 362 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, a lower number than recent days that may be explained by a smaller number of tests processed.

The province’s test positivity rate hovered at 5% as approximately 7,200 tests were completed.

Another 409 historical cases were also added to Alberta’s total on Monday. These cases were discovered through point-of-care testing between December 7 and January 13, but due to a technical error they weren’t added to the province’s total count..

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/deena-hinshaw-alberta-covid-briefing-1.5886570

COVID-19 variant may have entered the community, Alberta health minister says
Province reports 25 additional deaths due to COVID-19 Monday
CBC News ? Posted: Jan 25, 2021 1:30 PM MT | Last Updated: 1 minute ago

A variant of the COVID-19 virus known for its ease of transmission appears to have already entered the community, Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro said in a news conference Monday.

"Let me be blunt: This now is very concerning," Shandro said.

Alberta has found 20 cases of the variant first identified in the United Kingdom, with all but one directly linked to travel, he said.

That one case of the B117 variant has raised concerns that there may be more cases in the province.

There are two coronavirus variants of concern, one first identified in the U.K. and one in South Africa.

Five cases of the variant first identified in South Africa have also been found in Alberta, all related to travel.

The ease in which these variants spread would cause huge spikes in Alberta's COVID-19 case numbers, hospitalizations and deaths, particularly without health measures in place to slow transmission, Shandro said.

"These variants can spread very quickly," Shandro said. "The emerging research indicates that they have a significantly higher infection rate, estimated to be 30 to 50 per cent higher than the strain that we've had in Alberta to date."...

 

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Source: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/alberta-reports-366-new-cases-nears-100k-vaccine-mark-1.5282766

Alberta reports 366 new cases, nears 100K-vaccine mark
Alex Antoneshyn
CTVNewsEdmonton.ca Digital Journalist
Published Tuesday, January 26, 2021 11:32AM MST Last Updated Tuesday, January 26, 2021 5:30PM MST

EDMONTON -- Nearly 100,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in Alberta.

In total, 99,814 shots have been given, with some 20,000 administered to more than 10,000 Albertans who are now fully immunized.

The province's chief medical officer of health made the announcement Tuesday afternoon, also reporting 366 new cases of the disease found in 8,300 tests.

The province's positivity rate sits at 4.4 per cent. There are 8,652 active cases in the province.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw also reported 14 more deaths linked to COVID-19, saying 626 people remain hospitalized due the disease. Of those, 108 are in ICUs across the province...