Alberta identifies 115 new COVID-19 cases, lowest single-day case count in nine months
Posted Jun 14, 2021 3:52 pm.
Last Updated Jun 14, 2021 7:58 pm.
CALGARY — Alberta continues to push through to the end of the COVID-19 pandemic tunnel, and that was evident following Monday’s COVID-19 numbers update.
The province identified just 115 new cases following the completion of 2,270 tests. A positivity rate of roughly 3.5 per cent.
That’s the lowest single-day case count Alberta has seen since Sept. 11, 2020 when 115 cases were also reported.
The 115 new COVID cases represents Alberta's single lowest day total since September 11th of 2020 (also 115 cases)#yeG #yyc #ableg #covid19ab https://t.co/S8f8wyegfE
— Courtney Theriault (@cspotweet) June 14, 2021
Active infections also saw a decrease, now sitting at 3,089.
As for hospitalization numbers, there are now 270 people in hospital, with 73 people in the ICU.
On another positive note, there were no additional deaths reported on Monday.
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The province administered 27,122 vaccine doses over the last 24 hours. Though, just 3,537 were first doses, which is the lowest number of first doses administered in a single day since Feb. 23.
To date, 68.8 per cent of all eligible Albertans have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
27122 new vacccine doses administered in Alberta.
Of that, 3537 were first doses – the lowest number since February 23.
68.8% of Albertans have now had their first dose (up from 68.7% yesterday)#yeg #yyc #ableg #covid19ab pic.twitter.com/l8MPgTHzG7
— Courtney Theriault (@cspotweet) June 14, 2021
