COVID-19 deaths Saturday as active cases and hospitalizations continued on a downward trend.The province added 305 new cases of the disease but also recorded 425 new recoveries.
Active cases now sit at 5,271, down by a net of 136 since Friday.The positive cases came from 8,070 tests, Dr. Deena Hinshaw said on Twitter Saturday.Here is a summary of today’s #COVID19AB numbers: Over the last 24 hrs we have identified 305 new cases and completed 8,070 tests.
Our positivity rate is 3.8%. (1/4)— Dr. Deena Hinshaw (@CMOH_Alberta) February 13, 2021There are now 359 people in hospital with COVID-19, 64 of whom are in intensive care.Alberta has so far confirmed 171 cases of COVID-19 variants, 164 of which were the U.K.