The COVID-related deaths of 96 Albertans were reported over the five-day New Years holiday, the province said Monday.
On Monday, the province released new COVID-19 data showing nearly 100 deaths were reported to the province between Dec. 30 and Jan. 3 and another 5,107 new cases were diagnosed over the five days.
The youngest person to pass away from the virus was a woman in her 20s from the central zone, who died Jan. 1. The province said there are no known comorbidities at this time.
Over the past 24 hours, 1,128 new cases were reported in the province and 11,900 tests were completed. There are currently 13,839 active cases in the province and since the beginning of the pandemic the province has run 2,847,016 COVID-19 tests. There were 27 deaths reported on Jan. 3.
"I extend my condolences to families and friends mourning a loved one," Alberta chief medical officer of health Deena Hinshaw wrote on Twitter.
On Jan. 2 there were 459 new cases of COVID-19 identified with 8,100 tests completed. Thirty deaths were reported that day.
On Jan. 1, there were 933 new cases identified with 12,700 tests run. Twelve deaths were reported that day.
On Dec. 31, there were 1,361 new cases identified and 16,000 tests were completed. Ten deaths were reported that day.
On Dec 30, there were 1,226 new cases of COVID-19 found in the province and 16,800 tests were run. Seventeen deaths were reported that day.
There are currently 905 people in hospital with 136 of them in the ICU.
On Monday, the province announced the first Alberta health care worker has died of COVID-19.
From Dec. 28 to Jan. 3, the provincial R-value was 0.99. The R-value refers to how many more people each person with COVID-19 infects. The Edmonton zone had the lowest value with 0.92, the Calgary zone came in at 1.02 and the rest of Alberta had an R-value of 1.06.
"A new year is upon us, and with it comes hope for a brighter tomorrow. But our battle with COVID-19 is far from over. The actions we all take now can help bring COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations down in Alberta in the weeks to come," Hinshaw said.
