Alberta nearing 8,000 active COVID-19 cases, Red Deer sees slight dip
The number of active cases of COVID-19 in Alberta continues to rise and is nearing the 8,000-mark.
Alberta reported another 576 cases on Tuesday out of 8,078 test results for a positivity rate of 7.1 per cent.
There are now 7,975 active cases in the province with variants making up nearly 30 per cent (2,376).
Four additional deaths attributed to COVID-19 were reported to Alberta Health in the last 24 hours to bring the province’s total to 1,987. The latest deaths were in the Calgary, North and Edmonton (2) zones.