COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total number of Albertans who have had the novel coronavirus to 132,788.The province completed 9,212 tests on Thursday, putting the positivity rate at 3.92 per cent.As of Friday afternoon, there were 269 people in hospital with 55 of those in the ICU.The hospitalization number is the main one to watch as it gets closer to March 1, the date Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr.
Deena Hinshaw said would be the earliest date to move the province into Step 2 of reopening.To move forward into the next phase, there would need to be fewer than 450 people in hospital across the province.That phase would see potential easing in retail, banquet and community halls, conference centres, hotels and further easing.