There were 412 new COVID-19 cases identified in Alberta in the last 24 hours, the Alberta Department of Health said in a pandemic update Wednesday afternoon.
Despite the latest cases, the total number of active COVID-19 cases in Alberta fell from 5,565 on Tuesday to 5,521 on Wednesday.
The province’s positivity rate is now 4.31%, according to the provincial government’s website.
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The Calgary area has more active cases than any other region in the province (1,827), followed by the Edmonton area (1,221), the North area (1,082), the Central region (897) and the South region. (489). There are five instances of activity that are not linked to any particular region.
The Alberta Department of Health announced that the total number of deaths from the disease in the province has now reached 3,204, which is 3 more than a day earlier.
The number of people in hospitals in Alberta because of the novel coronavirus was 516 on Wednesday, down from 518 on Tuesday. Of those hospitalized with COVID-19, 100 are in intensive care, one a day earlier.
Updates on the travel pandemic
The federal government is expected to announce later this week that it will drop the requirement for a negative PCR test for Canadians returning to Canada from the US for any trip less than 72 hours, Global News reported. believe.
The new regulations are expected to go into effect later this month or early next month.
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On Wednesday, Alberta Health tweeted that “was recently notified of issues using the ArriveCan app for proof of vaccination #COVID19AB for vaccinated patrons outside of Canada.
“(We) are working to get it resolved as quickly as possible,” the government department tweeted.
–With files from Amy Judd, Global News, Richard Zussman, Global News
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