No decisions this week on relaxing restrictions to Step 2
EDMONTON, AB. — Alberta Health Services has released its update on COVID-19 for Monday, covering statistics compiled over the previous 24 hours.
273 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 131,336. Of those, 4,675 cases are active while 124,818 people have recovered.
Since yesterday’s update, 16 Albertans died from COVID. However, AHS clarified that part of this number was for people who died but it was later confirmed that COVID-19 was the cause of death. To date, the virus has claimed the lives of 1,843 people in the province.
The death in the South Zone was for a resident of Medicine Hat.