variant case of COVID-19 was detected in Alberta in mid-December.Developmental biologist Dr. Malgorzata Gasperowicz says based on the preliminary data she’s seen so far, her independent analysis shows the U.K.
variant will become the dominant one in Alberta by March 5.“On March 24 we will have 1,000 daily new cases and just seven days later, on March 31, we will have 2,000 daily new cases,” Gasperowicz said.
Here is a breakdown of how variant cases rose in the province so far.The first variant case in Alberta was detected on Christmas Eve, but that case actually dated back to a test from Dec.
15, according to Alberta Health.It was the province’s first case of the B.1.1.7 variant, originally discovered in the U.K.“This individual did.