Alberta reports 296 new COVID-19 cases, declining hospitalizations – CBC

0.2 per cent of Albertans with 1 dose got COVID-19 after 2-week period, data shows

Jun 03, 2021

Alberta released new provincial COVID-19 vaccine data Thursday showing only a minuscule percentage of people with their first dose got infected or needed hospitalization.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, said the vaccines have proven even more effective than expected. Since January, 96 per cent of all COVID-19 cases in Alberta were either unvaccinated or diagnosed within two weeks of getting their first shot while their immunity was still building.

Just 0.2 per cent of all Albertans who received their first dose got COVID-19 after two-weeks had passed since getting the shot.

Over that same period, 93 per cent of the people who needed hospital care were either not vaccinated or were diagnosed with infection within two weeks of receiving their first dose.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/deena-hinshaw-alberta-covid-19-1.6051592