The weekly data report from Alberta Health showed 856 COVID hospitalizations and 29 ICU cases, to the week ending Jan. 16.
The province’s pandemic death toll reached 5,470 in the past week after 27 more Albertans had their deaths attributed to COVID. All of the deaths were in Albertans over 50, 15 of whom were over 80.The seven-day average positivity rate on PCR tests, which have been restricted to people with clinical risks or who live and/or work in high risk settings for the past year, declined to 13.28 per cent, a 1.8 point drop. New documented cases dropped week to week by 139 to 842.
in major cities like Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Red Deer and Grande Prairie have plateaued or are trending down.
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