By: Priya Migneault It was stated last week that Alberta would move into stage one of reopening as early as May 14th with the reopening of small retail stores (clothing, books, etc...), personal services (hairstylists, barber), museums, art galleries, summer camps, daycare, cafes and restaurants could open at 50% capacity, and farmers markets. However, scientists are warning that with all these restrictions lifting it would be easy for another bigger wave of COVID to sweep across the province and strain medical services.
With all this talk of reopening Alberta, along with other Canadian provinces, it's time for us to give a quick update of COVID numbers in Alberta currently. As of today, May 7th, there have been 6,017 cases of COVID across the province. Out of these cases 2,094 are still active, 3,809 of these cases have made a full recovery, and 114 have ended in fatality. Only 557 of the cases that have occurred in the province have been caused from known travel, 4,647 have been caused from known exposure, and 704 cases of COVID have been caused from unknown exposure. Out of all the cases 562 of them have been healthcare workers. Today there were 50 more cases confirmed province-wide and with two more suspected. Majority of the cases to date were found in males 40 to 49 years of age, but in general the age demographics most effected currently are adults between the ages of 40 to 49 and 30 to 39. Currently, those with COVID have a 4.2% chance of being hospitalized, a 0.9% chance of being placed into the ICU, and a 1.9% chance of it ending in fatality. Majority of those who have died have been seniors ages 83 and up. Right now, 18 Albertans are in the ICU with COVID and an additional 67 are hospitalized. The area in Alberta with highest amount of cases is Calgary, but per capita the South Zone has a much higher rate of COVID. Although, the Government of Alberta is hoping to begin reopening the province as early as May 14th Mayor Nenshi has stated that Calgary will most likely not begin reopening for sometime due to our city having the highest amount of cases.
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