Alberta reports 484 new COVID-19 cases, 5 more deaths Wednesday

Alberta public health officials reported 484new COVID-19 cases andfive more deaths Wednesday.

Four of the people died last week and one person died Monday. Two of the people who died werewomen from the North zone one in her 70s, the other was in her 80s.

Three men one each was in their 60s, 70s and 90s also died. Two of the men were from the Edmonton zone, the other in the Calgary zone.

The five deaths reported Wednesday push the total number of COVID-19 deaths in Albertato 3,164.

The 484 new cases were detected on11,169 tests.The test-positivity rate is 4.84 per cent.

There are now 6,008 known active cases of COVID-19 in Alberta.

Here is how they break down across the province:

• Calgary zone: 1,777
• Edmonton zone: 1,308
• North zone: 1,299
• Central zone: 1,067
• South zone: 554
• Unknown: 3

There are now 582 people being treated for COVID-19 in hospital down from 608 Tuesday.

There are 123 patients in intensive care units, a drop of five from Tuesday.

About81.5per cent of Albertansaged 12 and uphave had two doses COVID-19 vaccine, while87.6per cent have one jab.

About69.2 per cent of the province's total population which includes people not eligible for the COVID-19 vaccines have received two doses.