By Chris Brown

Fewer than 1,000 new cases recorded in latest COVID-19 update

Jan 11, 2023 | 4:07 PM

The numbers of Albertans in hospital with COVID-19 and the number of new cases in the seven days remain below 1,000.

The province resumed posting its weekly update on Wednesdays after pausing them during the holiday season. As of Jan. 9, there are 878 Albertans currently hospitalized with COVID-19, and 33 of those people are in ICU.

There were 981 new cases over the most recent seven-day period.

There have been 5,443 COVID deaths recorded in Alberta over the course of the pandemic, 34 since the last update on Friday.

The province’s COVID-19 dashboard is now showing only zone statistics instead of by municipality. There were 52 new cases in the South Zone in the update.

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The seven-day new case rate in the zone of 16.7 new cases per 100,000 people is just under the provincial average of 22.2.

There have been 40,824 total COVID-19 cases in the zone since the start of the pandemic, and 503 deaths.

Vaccination statistics for Medicine Hat show 79.4 per cent of all people have received one dose, 75.9 per cent have received two doses and 38.6 per cent have received three doses.