COVID-19 hospitalizations steady as Alberta reports 26 new deaths – CBC
Test positivity rate around 33.58%
Feb 04, 2022
Alberta reported 26 new COVID-19-related deaths Friday — as deaths related to the illness continue to rise.
With the new deaths the province’s total is now 3,634.
Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province’s chief medical officer of health, noted on Tuesday that COVID-related deaths are a lagging indicator and the rising number is reflective of the extremely high transmission rates from earlier in the Omicron wave.
However, the number of people with COVID in Alberta hospitals may be stabilizing. Friday’s update had the same total number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, 1,584, as Thursday’s update. Though the number of people being treated in ICU did increase from 106 to 112.
The province reported 2,086 new cases Friday, detected through 6,226 PCR tests with a positivity rate around 33.58 per cent — lower than the seven-day average of 35.98 per cent.
