Alberta nears 5,000 daily COVID infections as active infections, positivity rates spike

Alberta is once again breaking records when it comes to daily COVID-19 infections.

On Wednesday, Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced the province identified more than 4,700 new cases of COVID-19 over the last 24 hours.

WATCH: Dr. Deena Hinshaw provides an update on COVID-19 in Alberta.

The new case numbers come after more than 12,000 tests were completed for a positivity rate of around 36.9 per cent.

Meanwhile, there are now at least 37,196 active cases of COVID-19 in Alberta — a jump of nearly 3,000 cases from Tuesday.

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-4,752 new COID cases in Alberta on 12,694k tests (36.9%+)
– 470 in hospital (+34), including 72 in ICU (+11)
– 11 new COVID deaths reported
– 37196 active cases (+2920)#Yeg #Yyc #ableg #Covid19ab pic.twitter.com/P8KZkM1Jai

— Courtney Theriault (@cspotweet) January 5, 2022

All of these numbers are new records for the province.

As for severe outcomes, there are now 470 people in hospital with COVID-19, a jump of 34 patients from the day prior. Of those in hospital, 72 are in the ICU.

Hinshaw also reporting 11 more people died with COVID-19 over the last day.

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On the vaccination front, 89.4 per cent of Albertans 12 and older have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, while 85.3 per cent have received two shots.

To date, more than 7.76 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Alberta.