Update 234: COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta (June 29, 3:45 p.m.) Vaccinations are the most effective way to protect yourself, your community and all Albertans. Book your appointment as soon as possible. Some parts of this page will not display. JavaScript is not available in this browser or may be turned off. Latest updates There are 170 people in hospital due to COVID-19, including 36 in intensive care. There are 1,132 active cases in the province. To date, 228,480 Albertans have recovered from COVID-19. In the last 24 hours, four deaths were reported: two on June 25 and two on June 27. The testing positivity rate was 1.6 per cent. There were 3,453 tests (4,685,899 total) completed in the last 24 hours and a total of 2,184,502 people tested overall.