February 7, 2021
Alberta added an additional 348 cases of COVID-19 Saturday as well as 12 newly reported deaths.
New recoveries from COVID-19 — 477 — outweighed new cases and brought active cases down to 6,266 provincially.
An additional 2,650 doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered on Friday.
The 348 new cases came from 10,033 tests, giving a positivity rate of 3.6 per cent.
There are 457 people in hospital in Alberta, including 84 in intensive care.
Alberta is set to ease some restrictions on Monday, when Step 1 of its tiered reopening plan begins. Restaurants will again be permitted to operate with in-person dining, gyms may operate with one-on-one training only.
NEWS COURTESY GLOBAL NEWS