COVID-19 restrictions were lifted in Alberta, the province’s number of active coronavirus cases continues to decline.New numbers released by the Alberta government on Tuesday showed the province’s number of active COVID-19 cases has dropped to 763, down from 831 a day earlier.Despite the encouraging figures, hospitalizations linked to the disease rose slightly — up from 136 on Monday to 138 on Tuesday.
As of Tuesday afternoon, 32 of those patients were in intensive care units.In all, Alberta Health identified 33 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, including 12 new cases involving COVID-19 variants.
In total, 484 of the province’s active coronavirus cases involve a variant.Chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw tweeted Tuesday.