Alberta reports 1,651 new COVID-19 cases, 11 additional deaths
CBC
Alberta reported 1,651 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday and 11 new deaths from the disease.
The province continues to see increasing COVID hospitalizations and ICU admissions, which are pushing the limits of Alberta's health-care system.
There are now 1,061 people in hospital with COVID-19, including 243 in intensive care beds. Both are the highest the province has seen, though those benchmarks have been set multiple times in recent days when surpassed by even higher peaks.
The 1,651 new cases were detected through 16,848 tests with a positivity rate around 10.03 per cent.
With 11 new deaths the province has now seen 2,622 COVID-19 deaths throughout the pandemic.
Active cases of COVID-19 declined slightly from Thursday's update — the third straight day of an active case decrease. There are now 20,040 active cases of COVID-19 in Alberta.
Here's how they break down regionally: