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The province recorded another 879 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the active case count to 14,785. In the past 24 hours, just over 11,000 tests were conducted, meaning the positivity rate was about 7.7 per cent.
There are now 890 Albertans in hospital, 153 of whom are in the ICU.
The 26 new deaths pushed the provincial COVID-19 death toll to 1,028.
In the Calgary zone, about 71 per cent of outbreaks currently listed are in supportive and long-term care facilities. There are currently 36 supportive-living sites and 21 long-term care homes where COVID-19 transmission is taking place.
Trends are similar in all health zones across the province.
Health Minister Tyler Shandro said growing outbreaks and infections in these facilities are linked to the “behaviour of all Albertans” and a result of community spread.
“The data shows overwhelmingly that the risk of severe illness from COVID-19 increases with age, but the nature of continuing care means that people in these facilities are at much higher risk than seniors who are living independently or in other settings like lodges and seniors’ apartments,” said Shandro.
“COVID-19 comes into continuing care from the community, so as cases have increased in the community we’ve seen increases, unfortunately, in continuing care as well.”
Despite a range of measures implemented by the province to reduce the likelihood of COVID-19 transmission in these facilities, Shandro said there is no substitute for controlling community spread.
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