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In a seven to three vote, with Rockyview County, Wheatland County, and Foothills County opposed a growth plan dictating how the Calgary region develops now rests with the province.
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New figures are showing how much Alberta paid during the last year to support Albertans isolating. It cost more than $8 million for hotels, transportation, meals and isolation payments to support people who couldn’t self-isolate at home.
According to recently-released data from the department of municipal affairs, since the program launched in May 2020, more than 5,400 Albertans have stayed in more than 4,800 self-isolation hotel rooms. Approximately 36 per cent of these rooms are in Calgary, 45 per cent in Edmonton, and 19 per cent across the rest of the province.
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The number of Albertans in hospital with COVID-19 continued to creep lower Sunday with the province reporting 446 people in hospital.
That’s down from Saturday when 478 people were in hospital. Intensive care admissions dropped to 138 Sunday from 140 Saturday.
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The province reported 391 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday bringing the province-wide active case total to just over 8,000. Five more deaths were recorded bringing Alberta’s total to 2,219. This means Alberta remains on track for Stage 2 of the province’s reopening plan on June 10.
Two new COVID-19 deaths were reported in the Municipal District of Bonnyville over the weekend, bringing the death toll in the area from the virus up to 13…