Calgary Zone

• All scheduled elective surgeries, many outpatient procedures in Calgary suspended: AHS

  Alberta Health Services said it was postponing "all scheduled elective surgeries and many outpatient procedures for the remainder of this week" at Calgary hospitals. 

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  Sep 8, 2021
  
• Demand for COVID-19 testing remains consistently high in Alberta’s big cities

  Numbers obtained by Global News from AHS show that more than 2,000 tests were booked almost every day for the last week in the Edmonton zone.

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  Jul 14, 2020
  
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• Alberta sees 2 more deaths from COVID-19

  Alberta Health said the temporary decline in testing is the delayed result of the changes implemented on March 23, when it shifting its testing priorities.

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  Apr 7, 2020
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• Coronavirus: 77 Alberta health-care workers infected with new coronavirus

  Alberta Health has confirmed dozens of health care workers have tested positive for COVID-19.

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  Mar 31, 2020
• 3 more flu-related deaths in Edmonton zone, Alberta confirmed cases double: AHS

  Three more flu-related deaths in the Edmonton zone were reported by Alberta Health Services in its weekly influenza report.

  Health

  Jan 9, 2020
• Number of flu-related deaths in Alberta this season jumps to 6: AHS

  The number of people in the province who died with lab-confirmed influenza rose to six, according to Alberta Health Services' weekly report released Thursday.

  Health

  Dec 19, 2019
• Number of flu-related deaths in Alberta rises to 19 this season

  Six new flu-related deaths were reported in Alberta this past week and new numbers from Alberta Health Services (AHS) show Calgary remains the hardest-hit region in the province.

  Health

  Dec 21, 2017
• Why are 60 per cent of the Alberta flu cases in Calgary?   

  Calgarians have been hit hard by the flu so far this season.

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  Nov 3, 2017
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• Flu arriving ‘a little early’ in Calgary this year: AHS

  With a handful of flu cases already reported, Alberta health officials are getting ready to launch this year's influenza immunization campaign.

  Health

  Sep 28, 2016
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• Whooping cough outbreak at Calgary’s Waldorf School

  AHS will be offering extra immunization to staff and students at a school in Cougar Ridge, after declaring an outbreak of whooping cough.

  Health

  May 3, 2016