2 COVID-19 Deaths, 412 New Cases Reported in Alberta on Friday | The Canadian News

Alberta confirmed 412 additional COVID-19 cases on Friday, bringing the total number of active cases in the province to 5,293.

The province conducted 8,673 tests for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. The positivity rate was not provided on the government site at press time.

On Friday, 496 people received hospital care for COVID-19, with 93 of those people in the ICU.

Two additional COVID-19 deaths were reported to the province during the past 24 hours.

There have now been 3,211 deaths from COVID-19 in the province since the pandemic began.

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The Calgary area continued to have the most active COVID-19 cases with 1,829. There were 1,148 active cases in the Edmonton area, 840 in the central area, 441 in the southern area and 1,033 in the northern area.

Two active cases were not attributed to a specific area.

As of Friday’s update, 88.2 percent of eligible Albertans ages 12 and older had received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Of the same group, 82.8% were fully vaccinated.

On Friday, Health Canada approved Pfizer’s pediatric COVID-19 vaccine for use in children ages five to 11. Alberta Health Services urges parents to register their children for the vaccine as soon as possible.