Alberta’s fall COVID-19 surge has arrived and hospitals are feeling it

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Alberta’s fall COVID-19 surge has arrived and hospitals are feeling it – CBC

by tmnationtalk on October 30, 202439 Views

98 have died due to the illness since end of August, compared to 1 flu death

Oct 30, 2024

Alberta is experiencing yet another COVID-19 upswing, and health experts warn it could get worse before it gets better.

The province’s respiratory virus dashboard shows 98 people have died due to the illness since the end of August. For comparison, there’s been one flu death.

During the same two-month period, 1,065 Albertans have been hospitalized due to COVID-19 and 54 have ended up in intensive care.

“This is a strong reminder that COVID is still out there and it’s still a dangerous infection,” said Craig Jenne, a professor in the department of microbiology, immunology and infectious diseases at the University of Calgary.

A total of 297 hospital beds were filled with people sickened by COVID-19 as of Oct. 19. Ten people were in the ICU.

That’s more than double the number in hospital two months ago.