Alberta reported more COVID-19 cases in September than any month prior, data shows
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September was, arguably, Alberta's worst month of the COVID-19 pandemic, provincial data shows.
More Albertans tested positive for COVID-19 than in any month prior, and record hospital and intensive care unit admissions were set. September was the deadliest month since the pandemic's second wave.
Delayed action, lighter public health restrictions, not reaching herd immunity through vaccination, and the more infectious delta variant are the main causes for the situation, University of Calgary associate professor of microbiology, immunology and infectious diseases Craig Jenne said.
"When we backed off restrictions, the virus was able to exploit that and really move quite quickly through the unvaccinated," said Jenne.
Alberta reported 45,665 cases last month, accounting for more than 15 per cent of all known cases since the pandemic began.
Far more Albertans were admitted to hospital and ICU for COVID-19 in September than ever before. Hospitalizations peaked at 1,122 on Sept. 27, while ICU patients reached 268 on Sept. 28.
Meanwhile, 259 Albertans died from the illness. More deaths were each reported last November, December and January.
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