Alberta reports 383 new COVID-19 cases, five additional deaths

Nov 18 2021, 10:36 pm

Alberta health officials reported 383 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday as hospitalizations dipped below the 500 mark.

The active COVID-19 case count in the province now stands at 5,384.

There are currently 498 people in Alberta hospitals with COVID-19, a decrease of 18 individuals since Wednesday’s count of 516. Hospitalizations include 94 people currently in intensive care, a decrease of six.

The province reported five additional deaths caused by the virus, raising Alberta’s COVID-19 death toll to 3,209.

As of November 17, a total of 6,762,812 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the province, with 88.2% of eligible Albertans having received at least one dose of vaccine and 82.7% now fully immunized with two doses.

Over the course of the pandemic, a total of 331,214 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been found in Alberta, including 322,621 infections that have since recovered.

Laine MitchellLaine Mitchell

Laine Mitchell is the Alberta Editor based in Edmonton. He grew up in a small town west of the capital region, where he also landed his first job as a reporter at a radio station. After that, he moved on to CTV News Edmonton in 2018, before joining Daily Hive in 2021. In his downtime he can be found running in the river valley, grabbing coffee with friends, jetting off to enjoy the mountains, or listening to Taylor Swift. Laine also enjoys spending hours discussing pop culture, current events, and everything in between.


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