Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Wednesday, April 28
Alberta reported 20,938 active cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, the second highest total since the pandemic began more than 13 months ago, as hospitals care for 643 patients, including 145 in ICU beds.
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Posted: Apr 28, 2021 10:17 AM MT | Last Updated: April 29
Health-care workers tend to an ICU COVID-19 patient at Peter Lougheed Centre on Nov. 14, 2020.(Leah Hennel/Alberta Health Services)
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) B.C.’s restrictions on non-essential travel have cut Lower Mainlanders off from Vancouver Island and the Okanagan, and mayors of popular tourist spots within the Vancouver Coastal region are worried they might see an influx of visitors.
The new restrictions combine B.C.’s five health authorities into three regions of the province, with travel between these regions prohibited. The Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health regions have been combined into one zone.
Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth said Friday the new order targets recreational and leisure travel. BC Ferries will be denying boarding on the six routes that cross these boundaries, but not on sailings to Bowen Island and the Sunshine Coast.
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B.C. police departments are still waiting for direction from the province on how they’ll enforce the province’s new travel restrictions, which lawyers warn could be legally dubious.
A public health order which came into effect Friday means that British Columbians who travel between health authorities for non-essential reasons could face a $575 fine. The order, in effect until May 25, divides the province into three regional zones, a combined zone for Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Valley, another one for the Northern/Interior regions and a third for Vancouver Island.
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Alberta is moving to ease COVID-19 restrictions at long-term care centres, where infections among elderly people have plummeted, while more Albertans in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s are ending up in ICU with COVID-19 than ever.