Alberta COVID-19 Update

• Alberta hospitals under ‘significant pressures’ as 6th COVID-19 wave wears on

  Alberta’s hospitals continue to be strained by the sixth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, with 94 more people hospitalized with the virus compared to the previous week.

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  Apr 27
  
• COVID-19 in Alberta: 990 people in hospital as of Wednesday

  On Wednesday, there were 990 people in Alberta hospitals with COVID-19. Over the last week, there have been 5,549 new, lab-confirmed cases in the province.

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  Apr 6
  
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• Alberta not currently considering 4th doses as COVID-19 wastewater levels rise

  Wastewater levels of COVID-19 and the positivity rate from restricted PCR tests is up from last week, but Alberta isn’t looking at additional public health measures yet.

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  Mar 30
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• 4 more COVID-19 deaths confirmed in Alberta but hospitalization numbers continue decline

  Four more deaths have been linked to COVID-19 in Alberta, the province's chief medical officer of health tweeted on Friday afternoon.

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  Mar 18
• 1,231 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19 Wednesday, 27 new deaths reported

  Alberta Health reported more than 1,200 people were in Alberta hospitals with COVID-19 on Wednesday, with 84 of those people receiving care in ICUs

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  Mar 2
• Number of Alberta hospital patients with COVID-19 drops slightly as province reports 18 more deaths

  The number of patients in Alberta hospitals with COVID-19 declined slightly on Thursday, as well as the number people with the disease in intensive care units.

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  Feb 17
• COVID-19: Kenney announces Alberta vaccine passport program ending at midnight

  Alberta's COVID-19 vaccine passport program will cease to exist as of midnight, Premier Jason Kenney announced Tuesday.

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  Feb 8
• COVID-19: Kenney says he hopes to scrap Alberta vaccine passport program this month

  Some public health restrictions in Alberta could be lifted later this month if the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations declines sufficiently, the premier announced Tuesday.

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  Feb 1
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• 1,516 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19, 35 new deaths reported since Friday

  There are currently 99 people with COVID-19 in Alberta hospital ICUs. That number is down from Friday's report.

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  Jan 31
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• Alberta records 22 more COVID-19 deaths

  According to data posted on the provincial government's website on Wednesday afternoon, 3,505 people in Alberta have now died of the disease since the pandemic began.

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  Jan 26