Alberta Health announced 72 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total number of active cases in the province to 1,084.
As of Saturday, 5,377 people have recovered and 126 have died out of 6,587 total cases that have been confirmed in Alberta so far. “Alberta’s COVID-19 hospitalization rates remain low with 60 people currently in hospital, eight of whom are in intensive care,” the province said in a news release.
Case breakdown: The province said there are 630 cases of an unknown exposure to date. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] One more person has died since Friday’s update, bringing the province’s death toll to 126, Alberta Health said.