Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Wednesday, June 8 – CBC

Numbers released last week indicated there were 931 people with COVID-19 in hospital

Jun 08, 2022

The latest:
As of end of day on May 30, 931 people were in hospital with the disease, down from 1,040 people last week.
29 people were in intensive care, down from 31 last week.
51 new COVID deaths were reported between May 23 and May 30. A total of 4,558 Albertans have died of the disease.
There were 2,348 new COVID cases reported out of 13,872 tests. The case count includes only those who test positive on a PCR test, which most Albertans can’t access.
In a news conference on May 25, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, said the BA.2 wave in Alberta is receding faster in smaller centres than Edmonton and Calgary, and that the first case of the BA.4 variant has been identified in Alberta.
Alberta Health Minister Jason Copping said that starting May 26, Evusheld, a drug that could prevent people with weakened immune systems from getting COVID-19, will be available for eligible Albertans.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/everything-you-need-to-know-about-covid-19-in-alberta-june-8-1.6481233

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