COVID-19 Wednesday afternoon.Dr. Deena Hinshaw is set to speak at 3:30 p.m. The address will be streamed live in this story post.
COVID-19 variants make up 11% of active cases in Alberta: Hinshaw Wednesday’s update comes after 355 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Alberta on Tuesday.
Of those, 62 were cases of variants of concern. As of Tuesday afternoon, 509 – or 11 per cent – of the 4,776 active COVID-19 cases in the province were variants.Hinshaw said every positive case of COVID-19 is screened for variants of concern.Also Tuesday, three additional deaths were reported, bringing the provincial death toll to 1,952.Wednesday marks one year since Premier Jason Kenney declared a provincial state of emergency during the first wave of.