Alberta (660 NEWS) – Alberta is reporting 359 new cases of COVID-19.
There are now a total of 1,132 active cases of COVID-19 in Alberta.
Of those cases, 45 are in hospital, down three from the last update.
There are 10 cases in ICU, also down three from the last update.
NEW:
– 359 COVID cases in alberta over the past 72 hours
– 45 in hospital (-3), 10 in ICU (-3)
– three new deaths, now up to 224
– 1,132 active cases (+96)#yeg #yyc #ableg #covid19ab pic.twitter.com/xCA6YlflfM— Courtney Theriault (@cspotweet) August 17, 2020
An additional three deaths have been confirmed in the province: a man in his 80s from the North Zone, a man in his 60s from the South Zone, and a man in his 60s from the Calgary Zone.
None of the deaths are from continuing care centres.
ACTIVE cases (changes since Friday):
Edmonton zone: 593 (+96)
Calgary zone: 300 (-5)
Central: 85 (+4)
South: 42 (-3)
North: 102 (-1)#yeg #yyc #ableg #covid19ab— Courtney Theriault (@cspotweet) August 17, 2020
That brings the total number of deaths in the province to 224.
In a tweet from Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the numbers were broken down.
I want to offer a short explanation about today’s #COVID19AB case information reported online. On August 14, 103 new cases were reported. Online data reports 177 total cases and 103 new cases. (1/4)
— Dr. Deena Hinshaw (@CMOH_Alberta) August 18, 2020
On August 14, 103 cases were discovered. On August 15, 86 new cases were discovered. On August 16, 96 cases were reported. An additional 74 cases were confirmed to have occurred before August 14.
