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After the disease’s R value the rate of COVID-19 transmission from one person to another fell to 0.75 provincewide in the week of June 21 to 27, that number rebounded to .84 up to July 11.
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And in the Calgary zone, that number climbed from 0.73 to .88 with a margin of error as high as 1.03 a number known as the confidence interval that’s as high as 1.23 in Edmonton.
That’s cause for some concern after the province dispensed with virtually all public health restrictions July 1, said Dr. Tehseen Ladha, an Edmonton pediatrician.
What’s happening now
Alberta hit an all-time peak for intensive-care unit admissions and reported 2,007 new COVID-19 cases Friday, its second-highest total ever, trailing only the 2,048 infections tallied Thursday.
Patients with greater chances of surviving beyond the next year should be prioritized if Alberta’s health-care system is overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic, new documents released by Alberta Health Services Friday reveal.
Hundreds of Calgarians who received parking tickets while getting COVID-19 shots in the city’s downtown won’t feel their sting.
Nearly 300 workers at the Cargill meat-packing plant in High River shuffled through the onsite vaccination clinic Thursday morning, receiving their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
What’s happening now
Alberta hit an all-time peak for intensive-care unit admissions and reported 2,007 new COVID-19 cases Friday, its second-highest total ever, trailing only the 2,048 infections tallied Thursday.
Patients with greater chances of surviving beyond the next year should be prioritized if Alberta’s health-care system is overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic, new documents released by Alberta Health Services Friday reveal.
Hundreds of Calgarians who received parking tickets while getting COVID-19 shots in the city’s downtown won’t feel their sting.
Nearly 300 workers at the Cargill meat-packing plant in High River shuffled through the onsite vaccination clinic Thursday morning, receiving their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.