Alberta reports 2,181 new cases of COVID-19 over 3 days, 30 more deaths

Alberta reported 2,181 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, combining test results from the previous three days.

Another 30 COVID-related deaths were also announced, bringing the province's total to 2,976 since the pandemic started.  Three of the deaths were from September but most occurred since Friday.

The province's daily new cases, positivity rate, active cases and hospitalizations are all declining. 

The new cases were detected from Friday to Monday:

Oct. 15: 783 new cases (6.92 per cent positivity rate) Oct. 16: 791 new cases (6.98 per cent positivity rate) Oct. 17: 607  new cases (8.51 per cent positivity rate)

There are 981 people being treated in hospital with COVID-19, including 225 people in intensive care beds. Of those in hospital currently, 698 are unvaccinated, 54 are partially vaccinated and 229 are fully vaccinated. 

Active cases of COVID-19 dropped by 676 from Friday's update. There are now 12,302 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. Here's how they break down regionally: