Province reports 2,020 new cases of COVID Friday
LETHBRIDGE, AB – The province has released its latest report on COVID-19 cases for Friday, September 17.
In the last 24 hours, 2,020 new infections were reported. This brings the province’s total case count to 277,558, with 19,201 of those infections listed as active.
There were 43 new infections for Lethbridge and 75 positive tests in Medicine Hat.
There have been 255,834 recoveries from COVID-19 in Alberta. 911 people are currently in hospital, with 215 individuals in intensive care (ICU). Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health noted that of the 251 people in ICU, 93 per cent are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated.