Confirmed weekly COVID-19 cases go down in Medicine Hat, up province-wide

The number of weekly confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Medicine Hat is down slightly compared to last week, while the number is up across the province.

The weekly COVID update was released by the province on Wednesday.

In Medicine Hat, 15 new cases were identified between Aug. 16-23, down from 17 in the previous period. There was one COVID death recorded in Medicine Hat, for a total of 101 over the course of the pandemic.

During the same period, there were 1,858 cases confirmed province-wide, up from 1,661 in the previous week and 27 COVID deaths. There are 870 COVID inpatients in Alberta hospitals, up from 818. Of the total number of inpatients, 32 of them are in ICU, up from 28 last week.