COVID-19 dropped over the weekend.On Monday afternoon, Alberta Health said that 608 people were in hospital with the illness, down from 660 on Friday.
The number of COVID-19 patients in ICUs also declined, down from 141 on Friday to 135 on Monday.There were 1,300 more COVID-19 cases identified in the province over the weekend: 586 on Friday, 430 on Saturday and 284 on Sunday.
Alberta currently has 6,387 active coronavirus cases.The Calgary zone has more active cases than any other region in the province (1,804), followed by the Edmonton zone (1,421), the North zone (1,396), the Central zone (1,170) and the South zone (589).