University of Alberta will be done next week, Alberta Health Services said on Wednesday.The Canadian Red Cross is helping with the alternate care centre as part of Alberta’s COVID-19 pandemic response.
It has offered similar support to B.C. and Quebec.The site will be ready mid-January, AHS said, but the 100 beds will be kept in reserve, and will only be used if additional health-care capacity is needed.
Alberta health minister says field hospital at Edmonton’s Butterdome to be used as a last resort As of Wednesday, there were 921 Albertans in hospital, 152 of whom were in ICU.Alberta Health reported 18 additional deaths due to COVID-19 on Wednesday, bringing the provincial death toll to 1,046.