Alberta to update COVID-19 data on Wednesday

Alberta’s COVID-19 data is expected to be updated Wednesday afternoon. In its last update one week ago, Alberta’s health minister reported there were signs BA.2 infections could be plateauing. As of last Wednesday, there were some 1,110 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19, including 43 in intensive care. Alberta added 6,125 COVID-19 cases from PCR tests between April 12 and April 18, averaging a positivity rate of 25.9 per cent. Wastewater levels were high, but mostly below BA.1 leve