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By Erika Rolling/rdnewsNOW w/files from CHAT News

Changes made to COVID data reporting in Alberta; number of weekly confirmed cases rises

Jul 21, 2022 | 11:27 AM

Four main areas of Alberta’s COVID-19 data reporting system are changing, Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced Wednesday.

Graphs on the interactive online dashboard for hospitalizations will now show patients in hospital with Covid-19 and for COVID-19.

An addition to the dashboard is a new table showing the total number of outbreaks recorded at supportive living/home living sites, long-term care facilities, and acute care facilities, instead of weekly reporting on the specific sites. In addition, a new graph will show the number of outbreaks that have happened over time in those same categories.

As well, the healthcare capacity tab is being removed from the dashboard.

The last change being made is temporary. It is removing the vaccine outcomes tab and moving to a summary of available evidence from peer-reviewed publications on the effectiveness of vaccines overall.

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In a separate announcement on Wednesday the province announced an end to visitor restrictions at AHS acute care sites.

Weekly update

The number of confirmed COVID cases in Medicine Hat this week is down sharply, but is rising province-wide.

The province released its weekly COVID update on Wednesday.

In Medicine Hat, 10 new cases were identified between July 11 and 18, down from 19 in the previous period. There were no COVID deaths recorded in Medicine Hat in the past week and the total has been adjusted downward by one to 100.

During the same period, there were 1,691 cases confirmed province-wide, up from 1,361 in the previous week and 19 COVID deaths. There are 559 COVID inpatients in Alberta hospitals, up from 552. Of the total number of inpatients, 23 of them are in ICU, up from 16.

Alberta has confirmed a total of 592,767 over the course of the pandemic and 4,652 deaths.

Among all Medicine Hat residents, 78.8 per cent have received one dose of vaccine, 75.4 per cent have received two doses and 36.8 per cent have received three doses.

Among Alberta’s total population, 81.6 per cent have received at least one dose of vaccine and 77.4 per cent have received two doses 38.5 per cent have received three doses.

More detailed information is available on the province’s COVID-19 dashboard.