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As of Saturday, provincial data showed just over one-quarter of active cases were in patients between the ages of 20-29, and more than 20 per cent were between the ages of 30-39.
The Calgary Centre region continued to be on the province’s watch list for a second day on Sunday with 51.4 cases per 100,000 people — the only region on that list in Alberta.
Forty-three people are in the hospital due to COVID-19, with eight in intensive care. The average age of hospitalization with the disease is 62 years.
A total of 6,511 new tests have been completed, with 435,254 completed in the province to date.
The average age of death due to COVID-19 in Alberta is 83 years, but a person as young as 27 has perished from the disease.
A total of 8,516 people have died from COVID-19 in Canada, and there have been 103,032 positive cases. The World Health Organization has reported 495,760 deaths and 9,843,073 cases of COVID-19 globally.
