Alberta hospitality industry requests inclusion in next phase of COVID-19 vaccinations The 556 new cases came from 9,979 tests, resulting in a provincial positivity rate of 5.2 per cent, according to Alberta Health.As of March 19, Alberta Health confirmed 99 new cases of the B.1.1.7 (U.K.) variant.
There were no new B.1.351 (South African) or P.1 (Brazilian) variant cases confirmed over the previous 24 hours. Alberta has a total of 1,417 variant cases.The province said 279 people are in hospital, with 47 of them in intensive care.There are 5,618 active cases in the province with 279 in hospital, including 47 in intensive care.