Alberta’s ICU Numbers Stable as Province Surpasses 3,000 COVID-19 Deaths | The Canadian News

The number of people in Alberta’s ICUs was fairly stable from Tuesday through Wednesday as the province continued to grapple with the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As of Wednesday, there were 280 patients in Alberta’s ICUs. Of those, 203 were receiving care for COVID-19. That compares with 283 ICU patients Tuesday, of whom 218 received care for COVID-19.

“While the number of ICU patients fluctuates constantly, the number of ICU patients has increased by 0.3 percent in the past seven days,” Alberta Health Services said in an update Wednesday.

At approximately 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, the Calgary area was operating at 67% capacity, the Edmonton area at 79% capacity, the central area at 88% capacity, the southern area at 67% capacity. its capacity and the north zone to 89% of its capacity.

Alberta has a 173-bed ICU base and has added an additional 203 spaces to combat the surge in admissions.

On Wednesday, the province reported that an additional 786 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed during the past 24 hours, bringing the active number of cases to 10,824.

The province conducted 12,114 tests for COVID-19 during the past 24 hours.

An additional 18 deaths were reported to Alberta Health during the last day.

Four deaths were reported in the Calgary area: an 80-year-old woman and man and a 60-year-old man, both with pre-existing conditions, as well as a 60-year-old man with no known pre-existing conditions.

One death was reported in the Edmonton area – a man in his 70s with pre-existing conditions.

Four of the deaths were reported in the Central Zone: a 60-year-old man, a 70-year-old woman, and a 90-year-old woman, all with pre-existing conditions, and a 70-year-old man with no known conditions.

Six of the deaths occurred in the northern zone: a 50-year-old man and an 80-year-old man and woman, both with pre-existing conditions, as well as a woman and two 70-year-old men and a 40-year-old woman. no known pre-existing conditions.

Two of the deaths occurred in the southern zone: a man in his 30s and a man in his 90s, both with pre-existing conditions.

To date, 3,006 deaths from COVID-19 have been reported in Alberta.

As of Wednesday, 86.2 percent of eligible Albertans ages 12 and older had received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Of the same group, 77.9% were fully vaccinated.

Since the start of the pandemic, 317,750 Albertans have contracted COVID-19 and 303,920 have recovered.