The total number of cases of the Omicron variant saw another slight increase in Alberta on Thursday.
After two new cases were identified, the total number of cases of that variant sits at 19.
As a whole, the province reported 333 new cases of COVID-19 on more than 10,000 tests for a positivity rate of around 3.3 per cent.
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– 333 new COVID cases in Alberta on 10044 tests (3.3%+)
– Deaths decreased by one
– 368 in hospital (-5), incl 70 in ICU (+2)
– 4094 active cases (-46)#Yeg #yyc #ableg #covid19ab pic.twitter.com/z0jXWZnuQS— Courtney Theriault (@cspotweet) December 9, 2021
Active infections continue to fall in the province as there are now 4,094 active cases in Alberta — a decrease of 46 from Wednesday.
This is the lowest active case count seen in Alberta since mid-August.
As for hospitalization numbers, there are now 368 people being treated in hospital — a five patient decrease from the day prior.
Of those in hospital, 70 are in the ICU. Dr. Deena Hinshaw says of those in the ICU, 75.7 per cent are either unvaccinated or have only received one shot.
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On Wednesday, Hinshaw reported on Twitter one of four new deaths was a 20-year-old with no pre-existing conditions.
She said that case was under review to check if COVID was, in fact, a cause of death.
In Thursday’s update, Alberta Health removed that death from the total tally, saying the death was not due to COVID.
There were no deaths reported in Thursday’s update.
Pediatric vaccination numbers continue climb
Since Wednesday, 3,273 kids aged five to 11 received their first COVID vaccine dose.
To date, more than 75,000 kids in that age group have received their first shot making up about 19.4 per cent of that population.
75,711 Alberta kids aged 5-11 have had their first COVID vaccine shot, with 3273 vaccinated in yesterday.
19.4% of all children in that age group have now received their first dose. #yeg #Yyc #ableg #covid19ab pic.twitter.com/YTamDpF9Si
— Courtney Theriault (@cspotweet) December 9, 2021
As for the rest of Alberta population, 89.1 per cent of those 12 and older have received at least one COVID vaccine, while 84.6 per cent are fully immunized.
There have been 7.07 million doses of COVID vaccine administered in the province to date.
