Albertans in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s are ending up in ICU with COVID-19 faster than ever before – CBC

Intensive-care admissions reach new peaks, raising concerns over variants and long-term health effects

Apr 27, 2021

More Albertans in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s are ending up in ICU with COVID-19 than ever before, according to a breakdown of data published by Alberta Health.

This comes as case rates have soared among these age groups, most of whom have not yet been vaccinated.

At the same time, new variants have increasingly crowded out older versions of the coronavirus that had been circulating in Alberta last year.

In total, there were 145 patients in intensive care units (ICU) across the province as of Monday, according to Alberta Health, which is nearing the all-time peak of 151 set back in December.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-icu-young-adults-april-2021-high-rates-1.6003118