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Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Tuesday, Dec. 7
11 people in Alberta are confirmed to have the omicron variant
CBC News · Posted: Dec 07, 2021 8:10 AM MT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
The latest COVID-19 numbers:
Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, provided a live update about COVID-19 on Tuesday afternoon.
The number of people in Alberta confirmed to have the omicron variant of COVID-19 remains at 11, as of the latest update Tuesday.
Of the 11 omicron variant cases in Alberta, seven of them were in fully people vaccinated, two in partially vaccinated and two people were unvaccinated.
Omicron was named a variant of concern by the World Health Organization. Its emergence has prompted the return of border closures, travel restrictions and stricter testing requirements across the world.
Hinshaw said all but one of the confirmed cases in Alberta have been among returning travellers, and the remaining a household contact, with all reporting only mild symptoms and recovering at home.
Some household members of those diagnosed with the variant have tested positive for COVID-19, but omicron has not been confirmed, Hinshaw said. One household contact recently attended an elementary school in Alberta Health Services' north zone and one attended a high school, Hinshaw said.
Alberta Health Minister Jason Copping said at a press conference at the University of Calgary on Monday that the province is watching the variant very closely and will see if more measures are needed based on Hinshaw's advice.
The Alberta government reported Tuesday:
There are 240 new COVID cases.
The total number of active cases in Alberta is 4,105.
Alberta Health says there are 373 people with COVID in hospital, including 76 in intensive care.
The province recorded five new deaths.
A total of 3,268 Albertans have died of COVID since the pandemic began.
330,047 Albertans are considered to have recovered.
There are active alerts or outbreaks in 129 schools.
Alberta is reporting an R-value below 1. The R-value is the average number of COVID-19 infections transmitted by each diagnosed case.
An R-value below 1.0 means transmission is no longer growing. Provincewide, the R-value for Nov. 8 to 28 was 0.88, with a confidence interval between 0.84 and 0.91.
The R-value for the Edmonton zone is 0.95, and in Calgary, 0.90. In the rest of Alberta the rate is 0.80.
In response to falling COVID-19 numbers across the province, the government generally only gives live media updates once a week and otherwise posts daily numbers online...
Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Tuesday, Dec. 7
11 people in Alberta are confirmed to have the omicron variant
CBC News · Posted: Dec 07, 2021 8:10 AM MT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
The latest COVID-19 numbers:
Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, provided a live update about COVID-19 on Tuesday afternoon.
The number of people in Alberta confirmed to have the omicron variant of COVID-19 remains at 11, as of the latest update Tuesday.
Of the 11 omicron variant cases in Alberta, seven of them were in fully people vaccinated, two in partially vaccinated and two people were unvaccinated.
Omicron was named a variant of concern by the World Health Organization. Its emergence has prompted the return of border closures, travel restrictions and stricter testing requirements across the world.
Hinshaw said all but one of the confirmed cases in Alberta have been among returning travellers, and the remaining a household contact, with all reporting only mild symptoms and recovering at home.
Some household members of those diagnosed with the variant have tested positive for COVID-19, but omicron has not been confirmed, Hinshaw said. One household contact recently attended an elementary school in Alberta Health Services' north zone and one attended a high school, Hinshaw said.
Alberta Health Minister Jason Copping said at a press conference at the University of Calgary on Monday that the province is watching the variant very closely and will see if more measures are needed based on Hinshaw's advice.
The Alberta government reported Tuesday:
There are 240 new COVID cases.
The total number of active cases in Alberta is 4,105.
Alberta Health says there are 373 people with COVID in hospital, including 76 in intensive care.
The province recorded five new deaths.
A total of 3,268 Albertans have died of COVID since the pandemic began.
330,047 Albertans are considered to have recovered.
There are active alerts or outbreaks in 129 schools.
Alberta is reporting an R-value below 1. The R-value is the average number of COVID-19 infections transmitted by each diagnosed case.
An R-value below 1.0 means transmission is no longer growing. Provincewide, the R-value for Nov. 8 to 28 was 0.88, with a confidence interval between 0.84 and 0.91.
The R-value for the Edmonton zone is 0.95, and in Calgary, 0.90. In the rest of Alberta the rate is 0.80.
In response to falling COVID-19 numbers across the province, the government generally only gives live media updates once a week and otherwise posts daily numbers online...
