By Chris Brown

Confirmed COVID-19 cases down this week

Aug 18, 2022 | 5:07 PM

The number of weekly confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Medicine Hat and province-wide is down compared to last week, while the number of COVID inpatients is rising.

The province released its weekly COVID update on Wednesday.

In Medicine Hat, 17 new cases were identified between Aug. 9-15, down from 25 in the previous period. There were no COVID deaths recorded in Medicine Hat, leaving the total at 100.

During the same period, there were 1,661 cases confirmed province-wide, down from 1,808 in the previous week and 27 COVID deaths. There are 818 COVID inpatients in Alberta hospitals, up from 748. Of the total number of inpatients, 28 of them are in ICU, the same number as last week.

Alberta has confirmed a total of 599,504 over the course of the pandemic and 4,721 deaths.

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Among all Medicine Hat residents, 79 per cent have received one dose of vaccine, 75.5 per cent have received two doses and 37 per cent have received three doses.

Among Alberta’s total population, 81.8 per cent have received at least one dose of vaccine and 77.5 per cent have received two doses 39 per cent have received three doses.

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