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Alberta’s active COVID-19 cases continue to decline Tuesday, hospitalizations remain high

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Alberta Health announced Tuesday that 315 new COVID-19 cases were identified in the last 24 hours out of 7,544 tests.

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The number of active cases was 6,911, down slightly from 7,580 on Monday.

As of Tuesday, there were 691 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19, 159 of whom were in ICU.

Both those numbers were up slightly from Monday, when there were 689 Albertans in hospital, 157 of whom were in ICU.

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Eight additional deaths were reported to Alberta Health in the last 24 hours. All the Albertans who passed away were over the age of 60 and had pre-existing conditions.

As of Tuesday, 6.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered, 87.1 per cent of eligible Albertans 12 and over have had at least one dose and 80.3 per cent of eligible Albertans have been fully vaccinated.

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