COVID-19 cases have been identified in the province over the past 24 hours, with six of the new cases involving the Omicron variant.The new figures bring the province’s total number of coronavirus cases involving the Omicron variant to 17, while the total number of active COVID-19 cases in Alberta was at 4,140 on Wednesday afternoon.According to the provincial government’s website, the positivity rate in Alberta is at 3.65 per cent.Four more deaths have been linked to COVID-19 in Alberta.
On Wednesday afternoon, Alberta Health said the total number of people in the province to have died of the coronavirus is now at 3,272.As of Wednesday afternoon, there were 373 people being treated in Alberta hospitals with COVID-19, with 68 of those in.