Alberta reports 550 new COVID-19 cases, active infections surpass 4,000

CALGARY — Alberta identified 550 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday.

The new infections come after more than 8,500 tests were completed — a positivity rate of around 6.4 per cent.

Thursday’s case count is the highest in the province since May 21.

NEW:

– 550 new COVID cases in Alberta on 8585 tests (6.4%+)
– 146 in hospital (+8), incl 36 in ICU (+5)
– no new deaths
– 4101 active cases (+332)#yeg #yyc #ableg #Covid19ab pic.twitter.com/0J0GJq2KlR

— Courtney Theriault (@cspotweet) August 12, 2021

There are now 4,101 active cases of COVID-19 in the province.

As for hospitalizations, there are now 146 people in hospital — an increase of 8 from Wednesday. Meanwhile, 36 people have been admitted to the ICU.

Of those in hospital, 117 are unvaccinated, or about 80 per cent of all patients. Thirty-two of the 36 people in the ICU are also unvaccinated.

No additional deaths were reported on Thursday.

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On the vaccine front, 7,765 vaccine doses were administered over the last day — 2,303 of which were first dose appointments.

To date, 76.6 per cent of the eligible population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while 67.4 per cent are now fully vaccinated.