Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Monday, March 1
The province will begin moving on to Step 2 of its plan to lift restrictions. It will allow limited use of libraries and gyms, but it will hold off on easing restrictions further on retail businesses, hotels, banquet halls and children s sports.
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Posted: Mar 01, 2021 8:49 AM MT | Last Updated: March 2
Low-intensity individual and group fitness activities, such as Pilates, tai-chi and some yoga, are now permitted at gyms as the province cautiously moved toward Stage 2 of reopening on Monday.(Shutterstock)
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There are
active cases across the province as well as three more deaths.
Hospitalizations continue to decline there are 250 people being treated in hospital for COVID-19, a decrease of 12 from the day before. There are now 46 in intensive care beds.
The province s COVID-19 vaccination rollout has now seen
227,678 doses of vaccine administered. That number includes
87,695 Albertans who are fully immunized with two doses of the vaccine.
Alberta Health Services said Friday that more than 110,000
Alberta seniors born in 1946 or earlier are now booked to receive their COVID-19 vaccination.
Helath Minister Tyler Shandro said Thursday 28,000 seniors in long-term care have already been vaccinated and that more than half of Alberta s population over 75 have been vaccinated or are booked to be vaccinated.
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