Alberta breaks single-day COVID case record, positivity rate nears 30%

By Josh Ritchie

Posted December 29, 2021 4:57 pm.

Last Updated December 30, 2021 9:50 am.

Alberta has broken the record for COVID cases reported in a single day in the province.

On Wednesday, there were 2,775 new cases of the virus reported in Alberta. The new case numbers come after nearly 9,400 tests were completed.

This gives the province a positivity rate of around 29.5 per cent — shattering the record from the previous day.

The province also released official COVID-19 data ranging from Dec. 23 to Dec. 27.

The official numbers are as follows:

  • Dec. 23: 2,010 new cases on 11,549 tests
  • Dec. 24: 2,484 new cases on 11,479 tests
  • Dec. 25: 1,568 new cases on 7,240 tests
  • Dec. 26: 686 new cases on 4,084 tests
  • Dec. 27: 1,395 new cases on 6,473 tests

 

In total, the province identified 10,918 new cases of COVID-19 since Dec. 23. The average positivity rate over the six-day period was roughly 21.7 per cent.

Of the new cases identified in Alberta since before Christmas, 4,388 were the Omicron variant. To date, just over 7,000 cases of that strain have been identified in Alberta.

Currently, there are 17,396 active infections in Alberta. That’s an increase of more than 9,000 cases since the previous update.

As for severe outcomes of the virus, there are now 349 people in hospital, an increase of 31 from the last report. Of those in hospital, 57 are in the ICU, a decrease of seven from Dec. 23.

In the last six days, Alberta Health is reporting eleven more people have died with COVID-19 in the province.

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On the vaccination front, 79.1 per cent of all Albertans have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine, while 72.8 per cent now have two doses.

In total, more than 7.59 million doses of COVID vaccine have been administered to date.

 

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