CALGARY — Alberta identified 153 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday.
The newly reported cases come after more than 6,700 tests were completed, giving the province a positivity rate of roughly 2.3 per cent.
There are now 2,639 active infections in Alberta. A decrease of 165 from Tuesday.
NEW:
– 153 new COVID cases in Alberta on 6708 tests (2.9%+)
– 255 in hospital (-16), inc 67 in ICU (-1)
– 4 new deaths
– 2639 active cases (-165)#yeg #yyc #ableg #covid19ab pic.twitter.com/UYODrCLmcc— Courtney Theriault (@cspotweet) June 16, 2021
There were also an additional 50 variant cases identified on Wednesday, all of which were the B.1.1.7 strain.
Hospitalization numbers saw a drop, with 255 people now in hospital, a decrease of 16 people from the day prior. There are now 67 people in the ICU.
Four additional deaths were reported on Wednesday.
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As for vaccination numbers, 43,754 vaccines were administered over the last 24 hours — 4,490 of which were first dose appointments.
Currently, 69.7 per cent of the eligible population in Alberta has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. This puts the province just 0.3 per cent away from reaching the threshold needed to enter Stage 3 of the reopening plan.
