COVID-19 situation Thursday.As of Jan. 7, the Edmonton zone had 5,465 active cases of COVID-19, 455 people were in Edmonton hospitals because of the novel coronavirus (64 of whom were in intensive care) and a total of 646 people had died in the Edmonton area from COVID-19.To compare, on Nov.
12, Edmonton had 3,572 active cases, 132 people in hospital (30 patients in ICU) and 153 deaths.“We’ve already lost too many Edmontonians to the virus,” Mayor Don Iveson said Thursday.“Hundreds in the Edmonton zone just in the last month and I know we don’t want to lose anymore.” Alberta COVID-19 restrictions remain in place until Jan.