COVID-19 Wednesday, along with eight additional deaths from the disease. AstraZeneca vaccine still safe despite ‘stronger link’ to blood clots, Health Canada says Also Wednesday, 778 variants of concern were identified in the province.
Variants now make up about 52.6 per cent of all active cases of COVID-19 in Alberta.About 15,738 tests were completed, putting the province’s positivity rate at 9.1 per cent.The province also reported eight additional deaths from the disease, bringing the province’s death toll to 2,029.Four of the deaths occurred in the Edmonton zone.
Two men in their 60s and a man in his 80s died. All three deaths included comorbidities. A woman in her 60s linked to the outbreak at Covenant Health St.