Update 223: COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta (May 18, 4:45 p.m.)
More than half of all Albertans aged 12 and older are now vaccinated. Book your vaccination today and continue following the restrictions to stop the spread of COVID-19 and protect the health-care system.
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There are 691 people in hospital due to COVID-19, including 187 in intensive care.
There are 20,013 active cases in the province.
To date, 198,394 Albertans have recovered from COVID-19.
In the last 24 hours, there were four additional COVID-related deaths reported: one on May 11, two on May 16, and one on May 17.
The decision is likely to leave the Covax global vaccine-sharing facility, which helps the poor countries, facing a shortfall of hundreds of millions of doses, the report said.
According to official sources, in its fresh notice to the company, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has said that there are various options available for the messaging platform under Indian law. The government told WhatsApp to respond to its concerns by May 25.Noti
The tool was first launched in the US. In India, the social media platform partnered with 33 states and union territories to roll this out in their respective jurisdictions. It will give health departments the ability to push out timely, credible Covid-19 and vaccine information to people in their local communities or state jurisdictions. States will also be able to issue these alerts statewide or to specific cities within their state.