COVID-19 in Alberta rose to 3,830 on Friday, up eight from the day before.Alberta Health posted the province’s latest pandemic-related numbers to its website Friday afternoon.
The number of patients with COVID-19 in Alberta hospitals increased ever so slightly on Friday, up by three from a day earlier for a total of 1,494 people.
The number of those patients in intensive care units remained unchanged, however, at 116.The province said Friday that 619 new cases were identified via PCR tests over the past 24 hours.
The total number of active cases in Alberta continued to drop on Friday, down to 15,384 from 16,551 a day earlier. However, public health officials have noted that because of limits on who is eligible to receive a PCR test, the true number of new and active cases is likely far higher than what is being reported.According to the provincial government’s website, the province’s positivity rate is at 21.48 per cent.Chief medical officer of health Dr.