First COVID-19 death of a person under 20 reported in Alberta
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For the first time, an Albertan under the age of 20 with COVID-19 has died.
Alberta Health says she was under 20 and she lived in the Central zone. The province's data site suggests she was 18 years old. Her death was among 20 reported Wednesday in the province.
Across the province, 1,040 people are hospital with the disease, including 230 in intensive care beds. Both numbers are the highest the province has seen. About 78.6 per cent of those in hospital are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated.
Alberta reported 1,336 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday .
The new cases were detected on 14,521 tests with a positivity rate around 9.06 per cent.
The news of the young woman's death was called "a tragic moment for our society" by Dr. Joe Vipond, a Calgary emergency room doctor speaking during a COVID-19 update, which was broadcast on YouTube Wednesday by the group Protect our Province.
"This person who otherwise would have had a good life died because they lived in Alberta. And I'm so sorry to the parents and the friends and family of this person."
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