EDMONTON Alberta added 1,495 COVID-19 cases on Monday as hospitalizations and ICU admissions continue to spike. The province now has 20,610 active cases, the second highest count to date, and 616 people in hospital, 145 of whom are in intensive care. Hospitalizations 145 in ICU (10th highest to date) 7-day ave of hospitalizations = 558 600 in hospital was Step 1 benchmark to ease restrictions Deaths +7 deaths (inc Edmonton area woman in 20s) 2,074 total#COVID19ABpic.twitter.com/jhTnY9UCug Matthew Black (@ByMatthewBlack) April 26, 2021 Sixty-four per cent of Alberta s cases are now connected to four variants. We did predict that we would probably hit 20,000 active cases this week, about three weeks back when we announced those additional measures, Premier Jason Kenney said at a news conference Monday afternoon. We have seen a decline in the rate of growth, which is good news, but we have to bend that curve down further.
South zone COVID hospitalization breakdown
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On Tuesday Alberta Health Services confirmed there were 26 cases of people with COVID-19 in three hospitals across the south zone, and five being treated in ICUs.
Of the 26 hospitalized cases there were 17 in Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge and two of them were in ICU.
Medicine Hat Regional Hospital had eight patients with COVID and three of them were in ICU.
There was also one COVID-19 positive patient in the Cardston Health Centre.
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Alberta’s chief medical officer of health says she is optimistic as the province’s COVID-19 cases have begun to decline, but warned Wednesday current restrictions could stay in place longer if businesses don’t comply.
With 875 cases, the province reported less than 1,000 new cases of the disease for the fifth day in a row. Dr. Deena Hinshaw said at a news conference twice now Albertans have reduced the rising spread of the disease by collectively limiting the number of people they interact with.
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