678 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Alberta. About 9,200 (9,215) tests were conducted for a test positivity rate of approximately 7.4 percent.
There are 184 individuals hospitalized in Alberta due to COVID-19. The number of patients in intensive care units is 48.
2 new deaths have occurred. The number of lives lost due to the virus in Alberta is 2,338.
The number of active cases of COVID-19 has increased to 5,933 – up by 306 from August 16th.
285 new variant cases have been identified.
There are 2,088 active cases of COVID-19 in the Calgary Zone, 1,669 in the Edmonton Zone and 479 in the Central Zone.
The Three Hills/Highway 21 area is reporting 4 active cases of the virus. Sundre is at 5, Crossfield is at 9, Innisfail is at 12, the Didsbury/Carstairs/South Mountain View County area is at 19, Olds is at 23, Rocky Mountain House is at 24, and Sylvan Lake is at 38.
Red Deer County is up to 23 active cases of COVID-19, while Mountain View County is up to 24.
More than 233,000 (233,160) Albertans have recovered from the virus.
As of August 17th, over 5.4 million (5,459,338) doses of vaccine have been administered in Alberta. In Innisfail, 60.7 percent of people of all ages have received at least one dose, while 54.9 percent are fully vaccinated.
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