By Chris Brown

Weekly confirmed COVID cases down in city, two new deaths

Sep 8, 2022 | 1:57 PM

The number of weekly confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Medicine Hat fell sharply one week after nearly doubling.

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

In Medicine Hat, 17 new cases were identified between Aug. 31-Sept. 6, down from 33 in the previous period. There were two COVID deaths recorded in Medicine Hat, putting the total at 103 over the course of the pandemic.

During the same period, there were 1,084 cases confirmed province-wide, down from 1,367 in the previous week and 42 COVID deaths. There are 799 COVID inpatients in Alberta hospitals, down from 857. Of the total number of inpatients, 20 of them are in ICU, the same number as last week.

Alberta has confirmed a total of 603,501 over the course of the pandemic and 4,832 deaths.

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Among all Medicine Hat residents, 79.1 per cent have received one dose of vaccine, 75.6 per cent have received two doses and 37.2 per cent have received three doses.

Among Alberta’s total population, 82 per cent have received at least one dose of vaccine and 77.6 per cent have received two doses 39.3 per cent have received three doses.

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