R Value

• Alberta to adjust COVID-19 masking, isolation, testing rules over next month

  Starting Thursday, close contacts will no longer be notified of exposure by contact tracers nor will they be legally required to isolate — although it still recommended.

  Health

  Jul 28, 2021
  
• Experts concerned over possible 3rd wave of COVID-19 in Alberta

  Worries about a possible third wave come as the province prepares to make a decision, which could come Monday at the earliest, on whether to move into Phase 2 of reopening.

  Health

  Feb 26, 2021
  
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• COVID-19: Alberta’s top doctor explains factors behind province’s reopening plan

  Dr. Deena Hinshaw says the plan is to monitor leading indicators such as new case numbers, test positivity rates and how many new infections result from each case.

  Health

  Feb 2, 2021
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• Coronavirus: Alberta’s R value dips below 1, but ‘a plateau is not enough’

  The R value explains how many people a positive case will infect. For example, if the R value is one, then one person will infect one other person.

  Health

  Dec 14, 2020
• Kenney says COVID-19 R value isn’t ‘state secret’ but data still not publicly accessible

  The R value was last released on Nov. 22, when it was 1.12. On Tuesday, Kenney said the R value was below 1.2 but did not provide an exact value.

  Health

  Dec 9, 2020
• Experts levy criticism at province over failure to disclose Alberta’s R value

  While Alberta Health had previously been providing Global News with the R value when asked, it stopped doing so after Nov. 24, when new restrictions were announced.

  Health

  Dec 7, 2020
• New research suggests Alberta COVID-19 R value currently too high to lift restrictions

  Global News has obtained research that shows as of Dec. 4 the reproduction number is at 1.215 across Alberta, 1.253 in the Calgary Zone and 1.198 in the Edmonton Zone.

  Canada

  Dec 5, 2020
• Coronavirus: Alberta officials no longer planning to post provincial R value publicly

  While Alberta officials told Global News on Nov. 27 that the provincial COVID-19 R value would begin being posted publicly on Nov. 30, they backtracked on Dec. 2 and said that is not the case.

  Health

  Nov 27, 2020
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• Coronavirus R value in Alberta remains low after parts of economy reopened

  The reproduction number explains, if one infected person is introduced into a community, how many secondary people would become infected.

  Health

  Jun 29, 2020