No new restrictions coming despite rise in COVID variants, Kenney says

Premier Jason Kenney says his government won’t impose new restrictions in Alberta despite a rising number of more contagious COVID-19 variant cases.

The province recorded 871 new infections yesterday — nearly 300 more than a day earlier.

That’s the biggest day-over-day increase since mid-January.

Nearly 32 per cent of Alberta’s active cases involved variants of concern, up from about 20 per cent a week ago and three per cent in late January.