Alberta reports nearly 13K COVID-19 cases since New Year's Eve
CTV
Alberta reported 12,965 COVID-19 cases for the past four days on Tuesday. The province counted 4,570 cases on Friday, 3,323 on Saturday, 2,059 on Sunday and 3,013 on Monday, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced.
Alberta reported 12,965 COVID-19 cases for the past four days on Tuesday.
The province counted 4,570 cases on Friday, 3,323 on Saturday, 2,059 on Sunday and 3,013 on Monday, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced.
The positivity rate over that timeframe was between 28 and 36 per cent, "the highest positivity rate we've seen with any variant since the pandemic began," Hinshaw said.
Alberta has more than 30,000 active cases of the disease, Premier Jason Kenney said.
However, provincially imposed limitations to testing capacity means those stats undercount the number of actual COVID-19 cases. Results also do not include those from take-home rapid test kits.
Twelve more deaths linked to COVID-19 were registered since Dec. 28, including a child in the 5-9 age group, Hinshaw said.
The government didn't introduce new restrictions on Tuesday, but the premier asked Albertans to do three things to try to prevent more spread: get vaccinated, reduce contacts and take rapid tests.
