Alberta reported 47 new cases of COVID-19 in the province over the last 24 hours Tuesday.
The province also recorded two new deaths, bringing the total number to 157.
Both deaths involved men in their 70s and are linked to an outbreak at the Misericordia Community Hospital in Edmonton.
The hospital closed its doors to most new patients on Monday, instituting a series of “aggressive” pandemic protocols to combat an outbreak currently linked to 17 patients and 15 staff.
The number of active cases in the province is now at 620, with 54 people in hospital and six of those patients in intensive care.
The breakdown of active cases across the province is:
- Edmonton zone: 243
- Calgary zone: 230
- South zone: 86
- North zone: 51
- Central zone: 4
- Unknown: 6
A total of 7,659 people have recovered from the illness in Alberta.
So far provincial laboratories have conducted 493,935 swab tests for COVID-19.
The County Of Warner No. 5 in southern Alberta continues to be listed as under a “watch,” a designation that kicks in when an area has at least 10 active cases and a rate of more than 50 active cases per 100,000 population.
