Alberta reports 315 new COVID-19 cases, eight additional deaths

Alberta health officials reported 315 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the number of active infections in the province to 6,911.

There are now 691 people in hospital with the virus, a decrease of two since Tuesday’s count of 689. Hospitalizations include 159 people currently in intensive care, an increase of two.

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There were eight additional deaths related to the virus reported over the past 24 hours, raising Alberta’s COVID-19 death toll to 3,119.

As of November 1, a total of 6,559,777 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the province.

Due to technical maintenance, vaccine numbers will be updated on November 3, according to a posting on the Alberta government website.

Over the course of the pandemic, a total of 324,514 confirmed cases of the disease have been found, including 314,484 infections that have since recovered.