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Alberta reported 69 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, the highest single-day jump in cases for the province in more than a month.
It’s a number that hasn’t been hit since May 16, when 72 cases were recorded. The majority of the new cases came in the Alberta Health Services Calgary zone.
The spike in new cases brings Alberta’s total number of confirmed cases to 7,957, with 520 of those cases remaining active, an increase in active cases from Friday.
The 69 new cases came from about 6,400 tests, about a 1.1 per cent positive rate. It’s the highest daily test positivity rate seen in Alberta since the start of June.
The Calgary zone was home to 37, or 54 per cent, of the new cases. Six of those new cases are residents of the Verve Condominiums high-rise in East Village, where 40 residents have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Elsewhere, the Edmonton zone recorded 14 new cases, while the North and South zones tallied 10 and nine new cases, respectively. The Edmonton zone leads the province in active cases, with 228, but the Calgary zone trails close behind with 221 active cases.
