1,651 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed during the past 24 hours in Alberta. About 16,800 (16,848) tests were conducted for a test positivity rate of approximately 9.8 percent.
There are 1,061 individuals hospitalized in Alberta due to COVID-19. The number of COVID patients in intensive care units is 243.
11 new deaths have occurred. The number of lives lost due to the virus in Alberta is 2,622.
The number of active cases of COVID-19 is 20,040 – down by 140 from September 23rd.
804 new variant cases have been identified.
There are 5,461 active cases of COVID-19 in the Edmonton Zone, 5,105 in the Calgary Zone, and 3,716 in the Central Zone.
Crossfield is up to 37 active cases of the virus. Sundre is up to 61, the Three Hills/Highway 21 area is up to 89, Olds is down to 89, the Didsbury/Carstairs/South Mountain View County area is down to 98, Sylvan Lake is up to 152, Innisfail is down to 161, and Rocky Mountain House is up to 303.
Red Deer County is up to 348 active cases of COVID-19, while Mountain View County is down to 157.
More than 265,000 (265,695) Albertans have recovered from the virus.
As of September 23rd, over 5.9 million (5,963,532) doses of vaccine have been administered in Alberta. In Didsbury, 59.8 percent of people of all ages have been immunized with at least one dose, while 52.5 percent are fully vaccinated.
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Alberta Health Services says it’s pausing mental illness and addiction program referrals in the province.
It says it needs to reassign staff to help deal with the strain on the health-care system caused by COVID-19.
A-H-S says some inpatients will be transferred to non-acute spaces.
It says a unit that provides recovery support programming for people with stabilized mental illness will help patients with an online program.
(Contains content from The Canadian Press)
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