Alberta reports slight drop in critically ill COVID-19 patients in hospitals

[ASFN Admin]

EDMONTON — Alberta is reporting a slight drop in the number of critically ill COVID-19 patients in hospital. Alberta Health Services says in a statement that there are 298 patients in intensive care wards, most of them with the infection. That's down three per cent from a week ago. The province has been scrambling for weeks to create ad hoc intensive care beds to accommodate thousands of new COVID-19 patients. There are 374 intensive care beds, more than double the normal 173. Alberta has put ou

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