COVID-19, with the number of daily new cases dropping significantly since the province reached its highest numbers during the pandemic so far in December.Alberta’s positivity rate is trending downward too.But in Calgary, the COVID-19 situation in hospital intensive care units has never been more dire.“We’re actually at the highest number of ICU patients with COVID(-19) that we’ve had in Calgary during the pandemic thus far,” critical care epidemiologist Dr.
Kirsten Fiest said.“That’s definitely a concern that our health system is under strain even though we’re seeing a large drop in cases in the community.”According to Alberta Health Services, ICUs in Calgary on Wednesday had 55 COVID-19 patients.ICUs in the Calgary zone have been between.