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Alberta’s active COVID-19 cases continue to drop, coronavirus hospitalizations increase slightly
COVID-19 restrictions were lifted in Alberta, the province’s number of active coronavirus cases continues to decline.New numbers released by the Alberta government on Tuesday showed the province’s number of active COVID-19 cases has dropped to 763, down from 831 a day earlier.Despite the encouraging figures, hospitalizations linked to the disease rose slightly — up from 136 on Monday to 138 on Tuesday. As of Tuesday afternoon, 32 of those patients were in intensive care units.In all, Alberta Health identified 33 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, including 12 new cases involving COVID-19 variants.