Alberta reports 349 new cases of COVID-19, no new cases of Omicron variant Friday …

Author of the article: Anna Junker Publishing date: Dec 03, 2021  •  20 hours ago  •  1 minute read  •  12 Comments SARS-CoV-2, also known as the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S. Photo by Reuters Alberta reported 349 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday after 9,694 COVID-19 tests were completed over the previous 24 hours for a positivity rate of 3.6 per cent. Advertisement This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. No new cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant of concern were reported on Friday, keeping the provincial case total at four. Across the province, there are 4,440 active cases, a decrease of 99 cases since Thursday. In the Edmonton Zone, which includes the city of Edmonton and surrounding areas, there are 1,166 active cases, an increase of two. The city of Edmonton has 623 active cases, or 60 per 100,000 people. This is a decrease of 13 active cases from Thursday. There are 395 Albertans currently hospitalized with the virus, a decrease of 24. Of those, 78 are in the ICU, an increase of two. The province’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, said of the 317…
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