COVID-19 claims another 25 lives in Alberta, province says

Another 25 people have died from COVID-19 in Alberta, the province says.

The province now has 13,450 active cases of the illness after 1,123 new cases were reported on Wednesday, according to the latest online update from Alberta Health.

A total of 30,033 doses of vaccine had been administered in province by the end of day on Tuesday, the update said.

Across Alberta, 911 people were being treated for COVID-19in hospitals, including 141 in ICU beds.

The province also reported the third death of a health-care worker from COVID-19. According to Alberta Health, the worker was in the Calgary zone.

The 25 most recent deaths were reported to the province between Dec. 31 and Jan. 5. A total of 1,193 people have now died from COVID-19 in Alberta.

The regional breakdown of active cases reported on Wednesday was:

• Edmonton zone: 5,673
• Calgary zone: 4,706
• Central zone: 1,418
• North zone: 1,317
• South zone: 235
• Unknown: 83

Laboratories conducted another 16,127 tests over the previous 24 hours, with a positivity rate of just under seven per cent.