New COVID-19 cases, inpatients continue to decrease
The number of weekly new COVID-19 cases in Alberta continues to drop in the province’s latest update released Wednesday.
As of Jan. 30, there are 702 Albertans currently hospitalized with COVID-19, and 25 of those people are in ICU. Last week there were 778 in hospital and 29 in ICU.
There were 596 new cases over the most recent seven-day period, compared to 648 last week.
There have been 5,486 COVID deaths recorded in Alberta over the course of the pandemic, 21 new this week.