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sunday update - preliminary data only

300 new COVID-19 cases identified in Alberta

Mar 7, 2021 | 4:08 PM

Due to system upgrades, Alberta Health is only offering preliminary COVID-19 data today.

Alberta added 300 new cases, including 54 of concern variant cases, in the last day. That gives Alberta a total of 653 total variant cases, up from 430 last Sunday (Feb. 28).

The total number of cases recorded in Alberta since the first on March 5, 2020 is 135,837.

There were 8,100 lab tests completed for a positivity rate of approximately 3.7 per cent.

Vaccine doses administered total 290,391, about 8,000 more than yesterday, and that’s the extent of new information shared by the province today.

As of Saturday, there were 4,649 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. That’s 65 more than last Sunday.

Hospitalizations as of yesterday numbered 247, down three from Feb. 28. ICU admissions are down four from last Sunday to 42, as of Saturday.

Deaths are up since Feb. 28 from 1,886 to 1,914 as of Saturday.

In Red Deer, as of Saturday, there were 288 active cases, down from 499 last Sunday.

Central Zone school cases announced since last Sunday, and current alerts/outbreaks
*alert = 2-4 cases, outbreak = 5-9 cases, or 10+ cases

Sylvan Lake – Ecole Fox Run School – one case

Red Deer – West Park Elementary (ALERT)

Blackfalds – Iron Ridge Junior Campus – one case

Ponoka County – Crestomere School (ALERT)

Red Deer – Ecole Camille J. Lerouge (ALERT)

Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, will give her next update on Monday.