Alberta COVID-19 hospitalization numbers declining; 18 deaths added, 23 removed from total

Alberta now has 778 people in hospital with COVID-19, 29 of whom are receiving care in ICUs. That is a decrease of 78 hospitalizations. The number of ICU admissions has not changed since last week's update. Alberta Health data is routinely updated for accuracy and to account for reporting delays. Last week’s hospital numbers were retroactively increased from 856 to 896 and ICU admissions from 29 to 32. According to the province, 309 of the 896 people in hospital with COVID-19 last week wer