A young child was among those who died with COVID-19 over the weekend in Alberta.
Alberta Health reporting Monday afternoon that 23 more people died with COVID-19 over the last three days. Of those was a child aged 5-9.
According to the province’s reporting, the child did not have any pre-existing conditions.
NEW:
A child aged 5-9 is among the 23 COVID-related deaths being reported in Alberta today. #yeG #yyc #ableg #Covid19ab pic.twitter.com/B6QcN5u0uq
— Courtney Theriault (@cspotweet) January 17, 2022
Alberta now has more than 1,000 people in hospital with COVID-19. Of those currently in hospital with the virus, 94 are in the ICU.
NEW:
– Alberta report 23 new COVID deaths over 3 days
– 1007 in hospital (+185), incl 94 in ICU (+13)Fri: 6293 cases/16160 tests (39%)
Sat: 5407 cases/15,345 tests (35%)
Sun: 4186 cases/11,117 tests (37.5%)Active cases: 72,368 (+8239)#yeg #yyc #ableg #covid19ab pic.twitter.com/hi4PHc1pYC
— Courtney Theriault (@cspotweet) January 17, 2022
New infections and positivity rates since Friday have held rather steady from what Alberta saw through most of last week.
The new case numbers are as follows:
- 6,293 new cases identified on Friday;
- 5,407 new cases identified on Saturday;
- 4,186 new cases identified on Sunday.
The nearly 16,000 new cases come after more than 42,000 tests were completed for an average positivity rate of about 37.2 per cent for the weekend.
There are currently 72,368 active cases of COVID-19 in Alberta — an increase of more than 8,000 cases since last week.
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On the vaccination front, more than 8.07 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to date in Alberta.
Of those 12 and older in Alberta, 89.8 per cent have had at least one dose, while 85.8 per cent have received their second.
