COVID-19 fatalities in Alberta also rose to 3,257, up two from the day before.However, the total number of active coronavirus cases in the province dropped to 4,539 on Thursday, down from 4,619 a day earlier.
The Calgary zone has more active COVID-19 cases than any other region in the province (1,765), followed by the Edmonton zone (1,164), the North zone (709), the Central zone (567) and the South zone (328).
There are six active cases that have not been linked to any particular zone.According to Alberta Health, the number of people in Alberta hospitals with COVID-19 dropped slightly to 419 on Thursday, down from 424 on Wednesday.