Premier expects health measures will be relaxed in February
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MEDICINE HAT, AB – Alberta’s premier says there are continued encouraging trends with COVID-19 and the province has passed the peak of the Omicron wave.
Jason Kenney adds that there has been continuing decline in the number of total active cases, a gradual decline in the positivity rate for positive PCR tests and a gradual decline in the number of patients hospitalized in ICU with COVID-19.
“While we clearly did reach the peak of Omicron infections approximately two weeks ago and it appears we reached the peak of ICU pressures two weeks ago we are not out of the woods yet.”
Although these statements are encouraging, it should be noted that, on January 10, the province limited the number of people who can get a PCR test from AHS for COVID-19 to only those in high-risk settings. This likely means that the amount of people who have actually contracted COVID since then would be higher than what is being reported by the province.
