The test positivity rate dipped slightly, from 9.1 per cent to 7.9 per cent.
COVID-related hospitalizations grew from 349 to 376, an increase of 7.7 per cent. ICU hospitalizations also increased, from 84 to 90.
As of Saturday, Alberta’s hospital bed capacity sat at 86 per cent.
One additional death was reported, bringing Alberta’s total COVID-related loss of life to 2,013.
Over half (50.5 per cent) of Alberta’s active COVID caseload were “variants of concern,” which transmit more easily from person to person. There were 942 additional such cases reported Sunday.
The dominant variant in Alberta is the B.1.1.7 strain first identified in the United Kingdom.
There were a total of 14,293 active cases in Alberta Sunday, up from 13,687 the day before.
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Strathcona County’s active COVID-19 case count is hovering around the 40-case mark.
COVID19Stats.Alberta.ca, the Alberta Health geospatial case-tracking site, shows there are 41 active cases of the virus in all of Strathcona County as of Monday, March 15.
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The site shows there are 30 active cases in Sherwood Park. Since the pandemic started there have been 1,726 cases of COVID-19 recorded in Sherwood Park and 1,665 of those are listed as recovered, which is an increase of eight recoveries since Thursday. There have been 31 deaths recorded in Sherwood Park due to the virus.
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