COVID-19 continues to creep up, the province confirmed an additional 73 cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday.As of Thursday’s update, 71.1 per cent of eligible Albertans have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
That’s an increase of only 0.8 per cent in a week. Overnight summer camps opening up in Alberta after year-long COVID-19 hiatus The province needed to hit 70 per cent first-dose coverage for the province to enter Stage 3 of the Open for Summer plan.
That benchmark was reached on June 17 with 70.3 per cent of eligible Albertans receiving their first dose.One additional COVID-19 death was reported by Alberta Health on Thursday.