Read more: COVID hospitalizations continue to trend downward in Alberta; ICU admissions hold Read next: Part of the Sun breaks free and forms a strange vortex, baffling scientists In Alberta, COVID hospitalizations include people who weren’t admitted to a hospital for COVID-related matters but tested positive nonetheless.The last time there were fewer than 700 COVID hospitalizations in Alberta was July 25, 2022, after a month of hovering around the 600-mark.The pandemic death toll increased by 21 to 5,486 in the past week.
One of those deaths was an Albertan in their 40s, and the rest were Albertans 60+.Last week, 20 deaths were attributed to the novel coronavirus.