920 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Alberta. About 7,500 (7,487) tests were conducted for a test positivity rate of approximately 12 percent.
There are 431 individuals hospitalized in Alberta due to COVID-19. The number of patients in intensive care units is 106.
4 new deaths have occurred. The number of lives lost due to the virus in Alberta is 2,375.
The number of active cases of COVID-19 has increased to 11,660 – up by 234 from August 29th.
2,268 new variant cases have been identified.
There are 3,660 active cases of COVID-19 in the Edmonton Zone, 3,176 in the Calgary Zone, and 1,385 in the Central Zone.
The Three Hills/Highway 21 area is reporting 31 active cases of the virus, Sundre is at 36, Crossfield is at 13, Innisfail is up to 66, the Didsbury/Carstairs/South Mountain View County area is at 65, Olds is up to 78, Rocky Mountain House is at 83 and Sylvan Lake is up to 58.
Red Deer County is up to 136 active cases of COVID-19, while Mountain View County is up to 101.
More than 238,000 (238,895) Albertans have recovered from the virus.
As of August 30th, over 5.5 million (5,559,32) doses of vaccine have been administered in Alberta.
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