Alberta adds 46 COVID-19 deaths in past week, provincial data shows
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COVID deaths and ICU admissions jumped in the past week as cold weather sets in across the province.
Alberta added nearly 50 people to the pandemic death toll in the past week, new data from the province shows.
Between Nov. 1 and 7, 46 Albertans’ deaths were directly attributed to COVID-19, bringing the total number to 5,093 in the 32 months since the coronavirus was detected in the province.
COVID hospitalizations continue a plateau at 1,090, a decline of five from the past week. Hospitalizations were last below these levels in mid-October.
ICU admissions jumped by 50 per cent to 36 from 24 the week prior.
According to AHS data, provincial ICU capacity sat at 81 per cent on Wednesday.
The seven-day positivity rate edged downward to 15.81 per cent, but the number of new cases detected via PCR test in the past week increased by 85 to 1,408.
PCR tests are restricted to individuals with clinical risk factors or who live and/or work in high-risk settings.
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