Alberta’s active COVID-19 cases continue to decline Tuesday, hospitalizations remain high

Alberta Well being introduced Tuesday that 315 new COVID-19 circumstances had been recognized within the final 24 hours out of seven,544 exams.

The variety of energetic circumstances was 6,911, down barely from 7,580 on Monday.

As of Tuesday, there have been 691 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19, 159 of whom had been in ICU.

Each these numbers had been up barely from Monday, when there have been 689 Albertans in hospital, 157 of whom had been in ICU.

Eight further deaths had been reported to Alberta Well being within the final 24 hours. All of the Albertans who handed away had been over the age of 60 and had pre-existing situations.

As of Tuesday, 6.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered, 87.1 per cent of eligible Albertans 12 and over have had no less than one dose and 80.3 per cent of eligible Albertans have been totally vaccinated.