4,903 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed during the past four days in Alberta. About 41,200 (41,217) tests were conducted for a test positivity rate of approximately 11.9 percent.
There are 602 individuals hospitalized in Alberta due to COVID-19. The number of patients in intensive care units is 137.
17 new deaths have occurred during the past four days. The number of lives lost due to the virus in Alberta is 2,407.
The number of active cases of COVID-19 has increased to 15,486 – up by 1,991 from September 2nd.
1,786 new variant cases have been identified.
There are 4,634 active cases of COVID-19 in the Edmonton Zone, 4,187 in the Calgary Zone, and 2,096 in the Central Zone.
Crossfield is reporting 19 active cases of the virus. The Three Hills/Highway 21 area is at 42, Sundre is at 45, Sylvan Lake is at 73, the Didsbury/Carstairs/South Mountain View County area is up to 71, Innisfail is up to 91, Olds is up to 114, and Rocky Mountain House is up to 133. The high for Olds was 123 active cases of COVID-19, which was set on May 3rd, 2021.
Red Deer County is up to 170 active cases of COVID-19, while Mountain View County is at 116.
More than 243,000 (243,995) Albertans have recovered from the virus.
As of September 6th, over 5.6 million (5,611,168) doses of vaccine have been administered in Alberta. In Olds, 61.1 percent of people of all ages have been immunized with at least one dose, while 55.1 percent are fully vaccinated.
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