1,660 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed during the past 24 hours in Alberta. About 17,900 (17,896) tests were conducted for a test positivity rate of approximately 9.3 percent.
There are 1,058 individuals hospitalized in Alberta due to COVID-19 – that is another all-time high for the province. The number of COVID patients in intensive care units is 226.
17 new deaths have occurred. The number of lives lost due to the virus in Alberta is 2,611.
The number of active cases of COVID-19 is 20,180 – down by 124 from September 22nd.
397 new variant cases have been identified.
There are 5,549 active cases of COVID-19 in the Edmonton Zone, 5,224 in the Calgary Zone, and 3,591 in the Central Zone.
Crossfield is up to 36 active cases of the virus. Sundre is up to 56, the Three Hills/Highway 21 area is up to 85, Olds is up to 94, the Didsbury/Carstairs/South Mountain View County area is down to 107, Sylvan Lake is up to 144, Innisfail is up to 163, and Rocky Mountain House is up to 286.
Red Deer County is up to 338 active cases of COVID-19, while Mountain View County is down to 162.
Nearly 264,000 (263,915) Albertans have recovered from the virus.
As of September 22nd, over 5.8 million (5,896,827) doses of vaccine have been administered in Alberta. In the Three Hills/Highway 21 area, 55.7 percent of people of all ages have been immunized with at least one dose, while 47.8 percent are fully vaccinated.
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Premier Jason Kenney faced down a divided United Conservative Party caucus yesterday while managing to avoid a straw vote on his leadership.
U-C-P backbencher Searle Turton says the focus of the debate at the caucus meeting was the pandemic.
Some caucus members have criticized his health measures as being too little too late, while others say he has gone too far and violated individual rights by imposing a form of voluntary vaccine passports.
Alberta has more than 20,000 active cases of COVID-19 and its critical care facilities have already been pushed well past normal capacity.
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City councillors in Calgary have voted to make Alberta’s COVID-19 proof of vaccination program mandatory for all eligible businesses.
The new bylaw requires city businesses — including restaurants, bars, casinos and bingo halls — to ask adults to show proof they’ve been vaccinated or a negative COVID-19 test.
The bylaw does not apply to anyone under 18.
The provincial passport program started Monday and businesses that do not participate must follow restrictions such as capacity limits.
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Some health-care providers in Alberta say they are concerned for the safety of players and fans during the upcoming N-H-L season.
More than a dozen infectious disease experts and doctors tell T-S-N now is not the time to have arenas full of fans.
Doctors say Alberta’s intensive care units are just a few patients away from having to choose who gets a bed and who does not.
Alberta has asked for federal support to assist with the hospital crisis.
(Contains content from The Canadian Press)
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