COVID-19 are on the rise in Alberta.There were 549 people in hospital with COVID-19 on Friday. Of those, 125 are being treated in intensive care.
That’s a jump from Thursday, when 518 Albertans were in hospital with COVID-19.The increase comes as Alberta reported 1,690 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday and five additional deaths from the disease.Alberta Health said 1,184 variant cases of concern were identified in the previous 24 hours.
Variants now make up 60.4 per cent of active COVID-19 cases in Alberta. COVID-19: Alberta identifies 1st case of B.1.617 variant as province confirms 1,857 new cases Of the five deaths reported Friday, four were in the Calgary zone.