Alberta COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations on decline as final health restrictions removed

Key COVID-19 figures continue to decline according to Alberta’s latest weekly report, as the province ended some of its final health restrictions.

Hospitalizations were down by nearly 100 – to 719 – and only 19 people were in intensive care with COVID-19 as of Monday.

The update also showed there were 164 new active cases in Alberta.

June 15 #COVID19AB numbers:
1,442 cases reported over 7 days
10,980 tests completed Jun 7-13
24 new deaths reported, 4,591 deaths to date
719 in hospital, 19 in ICU
8,878,391 vaccine doses as of Jun 13
Numbers are current as of Jun 13 and updated every Wedhttps://t.co/Y7SDViaxct pic.twitter.com/OmV31OY8BQ

— Alberta Government (@YourAlberta) June 15, 2022

The province reported 24 COVID-19 deaths in the last week.

Overall, the number of deaths is approaching 4,600 since the start of the pandemic.

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The Alberta government ended some of the final health restrictions Wednesday, meaning masking on public transit is no longer necessary.

Also, Albertans with COVID-19 symptoms or who test positive are no longer mandated to isolate at home.

The health minister cited the declining number of hospitalizations as the reason to do away with some of the remaining health restrictions.