Currently, 59.6% of the province’s total population has received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
During an event Facebook Live Airing Wednesday night, Premier Jason Kenney said the fourth wave of the pandemic facing Alberta is the wave of unvaccinated
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According to the province, since January 1, 2021, only 0.2% of people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 contracted the virus 14 days after receiving their second dose.
By comparison, 91.7% of people diagnosed with COVID-19 since the same date either were not vaccinated or contracted the virus within the first two weeks after receiving their first dose.
As for hospitals, 90.4% of people hospitalized with the virus since January 1, 2021 were not vaccinated or contracted the virus within the first two weeks after receiving their first dose.
1339 new infections
In its Thursday report, Alberta announces 1,339 new cases of COVID-19 and 5 more deaths.
The province has 12,868 active SARS-CoV-2 infections.
Edmonton is the area with the most active cases right now, at 3,947.
Calgary comes in second, with 3,593 active cases.
The north of the province has 2374 active infections, against 1579 for the center, and 1351 for the south.
In addition, 24 cases were not attributed to a particular region.
Concerned cities and school boards
To counter the spread of the virus, the City of Edmonton announced this week that masks will again be mandatory in all public places as of Friday.
As of September 10, Strathcona County will also make the wearing of face coverings mandatory in indoor public places.
The Elk Island Public School Board in northeast Edmonton has announced that masks will be mandatory for all of its students, staff and visitors, except for those with a medical exemption.
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, says school board president Trina Boymook in a press release.
The board of directors of the Elk Island Public School Board, however, voted against a measure that would have required proof of vaccination from visitors wishing to enter the board’s schools.
The school boards of Catholic and public schools in Fort McMurray as well as rural schools in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo will also make masks mandatory due to the increase in COVID-19 cases.
Hospitalizations on the rise
Currently, 487 people are hospitalized with the virus, 22 more than Wednesday.
Of these people, 114 are in intensive care.
The province’s average positivity rate over the past 7 days is 10.9%.
Since the start of the pandemic, 2,388 people have succumbed to COVID-19.
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