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Alberta’s chief medical officer of health will provide an update on COVID-19 on Thursday afternoon.
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Dr. Deena Hinshaw is scheduled to hold a 3:30 p.m. press conference.
The media availability comes after the province surpassed 3,000 deaths due to COVID-19 on Wednesday.
The number of active cases and hospitalizations continue to decline.
As of Wednesday, there were 10,824 active cases in Alberta, a decrease of 578 cases from the previous day. The Calgary Zone led the way with 2,773 active cases, followed by 2,603 cases in the Edmonton Zone.
The province reported 786 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday with a test positivity rate of 6.5 per cent.
There are now 928 Albertans in hospital due to COVID-19, 36 fewer patients than the previous day. There were 15 fewer intensive care patients, with 203 in ICU as of Wednesday.
More vaccines have been injected into the arms of Albertans with 86.2 per cent of those aged 12 and up having received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Nearly 78 per cent of eligible Albertans are fully vaccinated.
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