No new deaths for fifth day in a row
Number of new cases across Alberta falls as vaccinations continue to creep up
No new deaths from COVID-19 have been reported in Alberta for the fifth day in a row.
The province's death toll has sat at 2,307 since Wednesday when two deaths — from June 27 and July 6 — were announced. One fatality from November 2020 was reported Thursday, but at the same time health authorities found that a different person, previously thought to have died from COVID-19, actually died from another cause, leaving the total unchanged.
Alberta's new cases recently dropped to levels not seen since mid-june 2020. About 30 new cases of COVID -19 were found for each of the last three days: 30 on Friday, 29 on Saturday, and 31 on Sunday. Active cases, hospitalizations and ICU stays are still dropping as the number of vaccinations slowly creeps up.
By Monday there were 624 active cases provincewide. Of these, 118 are in the Edmonton region and 316 are in and around Calgary. There were 112 people hospitalized for the disease, including 34 in ICU.
Since the province's last update Friday, another 91,226 COVID-19 vaccine doses were given out. This accounts for 74.1 per cent of Albertans 12 and up with one dose and 53.3 per cent with two.
But there were only 15,322 vaccine doses given Sunday — doses haven't been that low since April 4, with 13,241 inoculations, according to the province's data on vaccinations.
The majority of vaccinations given in the last few weeks have been second shots — on Sunday, slightly more than 1,900 were first doses.
Adults 25-29 have the lowest COVID-19 vaccination uptake of any age group 12 and older in Alberta: just 59.7 per cent have had a first dose by Monday.
More than 90 per cent of adults between 70 and 85, at least 84 per cent of adults in their sixties, and at least 70 per cent of adults in their 40s and 50s had a single shot. More than 60 per cent of youth 12 to 24, and adults in their 30s have had one jab.
Teens 12 to 14 have the lowest rate of being fully vaccinated, at 31.3 per cent.