Albertans dying from COVID-19 at more than three times the Canadian average
CBC
Albertans are dying from COVID-19 at more than three times the rate of the Canadian average 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 the number of COVID-19 patients — most of them unvaccinated —fill Alberta hospitals. In the seven-day stretch starting Sept. 20, 62 Albertans have died due to the disease.
Nationally, the COVID-19 death rate per 100,000 people for the last seven days averaged 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 was 1.2, with 4.1 for Alberta and 4.0 for Saskatchewan.
Alberta also continues to lead the country in active cases, accounting for almost half the active cases in Canada, despite only having about one-tenth of nation's total population. It had 21,307 active cases as of Monday.
New daily case counts have regularly surpassed 1,500 since mid-September. Over the past weekend, Alberta reported 5,181 new cases.
This story is a collaboration between the Investigative Journalism Foundation and CBC Saskatchewan.
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