Alberta reports 244 new COVID-19 cases, 7 additional deaths
Seven deaths were reported by the province on Friday, including a man in his 20s in the North zone and a man in his 30s in the Central zone.
Deaths include men in their 20s and 30s
Alberta reported 244 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, along with seven additional deaths.
The deaths included a man in his 20s in the North zone and a man in his 30s in the Central zone.
There were 5,415 active cases in Alberta as of Friday, a decrease of 416 since the previous day.
Here's how active cases break down across the province:
- Calgary zone: 2,188.
- Edmonton zone: 1,415.
- North zone: 762.
- Central zone: 713.
- South zone: 331.
- Unknown: 6.
Hospitalizations dropped to 379 on Friday, down 32 from Thursday. There were 108 people in the ICU.
Provincial labs completed 5,818 tests over the last 24 hours with a positivity rate sitting at 4.1 per cent.
As of Friday's update, 65 per cent of people over 12 have received at least one dose of vaccine while a total of 2,951,927 doses have been given out in Alberta.