The province added another 1,616 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours for a positivity rate of 9.6%.

Hospitalizations rose by seven for a total of 423 and there were seven more people in ICU for a total of 93.

Fortunately, there were no new deaths reported since the last report. 

There were 898 new cases of variants of concern reported accounting for 53% of active cases.

There are now a total of 16,759 active cases in the province. 

Cochrane added three new cases for a total of 148 and Rocky View County dropped by eleven cases for a total of 194. 

To date, 1,082,391 doses of vaccine have been administered in the province.