Weekly confirmed COVID-19 cases nudge up in city and province

Medicine Hat has seen a slight increase in the number of weekly confirmed cases of COVID-19, as has the province as a whole.

The province released its weekly COVID update on Wednesday.

In Medicine Hat, 25 new cases were identified between Aug. 2-8, up from 20 in the previous period. There were no COVID deaths recorded in Medicine Hat, leaving the total at 100.

During the same period, there were 1,808 cases confirmed province-wide, up from 1,688 in the previous week and 13 COVID deaths. There are 748 COVID inpatients in Alberta hospitals, up from 702. Of the total number of inpatients, 28 of them are in ICU, the same number as last week.