COVID-19 in Alberta declined slightly on Thursday to 1,204. That’s a drop from 1,231 patients in hospital with the disease on Wednesday.Of the people in hospital, 80 are being treated in intensive care.
That’s a slight decline from 84 patients in Alberta ICUs on Wednesday. 1,231 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19 Wednesday, 27 new deaths reported In the last 24 hours, seven additional COVID-related deaths were reported to Alberta Health, bringing the province’s death toll to 3,946 people since the pandemic began.Alberta reported 539 new lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 from 2,846 tests.
The positivity rate was 21.61 per cent.The number of lab-confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 also dropped slightly to 7,945 Thursday, from 8,164 on Wednesday.
Alberta courts to keep COVID-19 restrictions in place Because of limited access to PCR testing, health officials have said the number of new and active cases in the province is higher than what’s being reported..