Albertans can expect stronger public health measures to be announced Tuesday: premier
As COVID-19 case numbers continue to climb, Albertans can expect an announcement on Tuesday about stronger public health measures, Premier Jason Kenney says.
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Posted: May 03, 2021 1:30 PM MT | Last Updated: May 4
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province s chief medical officer of health, provided an update about the COVID-19 pandemic at a news conference on Monday. Kenney said he plans to announce stronger measures on Tuesday.(Jason Franson/The Canadian Press)
Alberta’s total cases from the start of the pandemic is 186,679
There have been 27,921 variant cases ID’d in the province, 1,058 new today. There are 1,383 in the South Zone.
13,193 active cases (63.2 per cent of total) have been identified as variants of concern.
There are 1,839 total new cases in the province today.
There are now 643 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19, 145 of which are in ICU, and 2,073 deaths.
The province completed 18,976 tests in the past 24 hours.
The positivity rate is about 9.8 per cent.
Alberta has administered 1,497,256 of vaccine at the latest update.
Dr. Deena Hinshaw’s next update will be later this week.