Albertans dying from COVID-19 at more than three times the average Canadian rate
CBC
Albertans are dying from COVID-19 at more than three times the average Canadian rate as the province is hammered by the pandemic's devastating fourth wave.
It has now been 12 days since the provincial government first introduced a slew of new public health measures and eight days since many went into effect, including the restrictions exemption program — Alberta's version of a vaccine passport system.
Yet the number of new cases continues to grow, and COVID-19 patients — most of them unvaccinated — continue to fill Alberta hospitals. In the seven-day stretch starting Sept. 20, 62 Albertans have died due to the disease.
Nationally, the average COVID-19 death rate per 100,000 people for the last seven days was 0.7, according to online aggregate data from Monday. Alberta's rate was 2.3, while Saskatchewan's was 2.6.
Over the last 14 days, the national average of COVID-19 deaths was 1.2, with 4.1 for Alberta and 4.0 for Saskatchewan.
The two provinces bottom out the country for vaccination coverage. According to CBC's vaccination tracker, 82.6 per cent of Alberta's eligible population had a first dose compared to the Canadian average of 87 per cent.
For two doses, it was 73.5 per cent compared to a national coverage of 80.5 per cent.
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