On the day that help will be arriving in Alberta to help the beleaguered healthcare system combat the COVID 4th wave, 4,037 new cases have been reported since Friday.

Friday saw 1,629 COVID-19 cases, Saturday 1,282, and Sunday 1,126.

There are 1,079 people in hospital, an increase of 13 since Friday.

ICU admissions decreased by six for a total of 257.

Sadly, another 27 deaths have been reported since October 1 bringing the total in the province to 2,752.

There are 20,674 active cases in the province.

Over six million doses of vaccine have been administered with 84.2 per cent of the population having received one dose of the COVID vaccine and 74.9 per cent of Albertans are fully immunized.

Cochrane has 139 active cases while Rocky View County is reporting 151 cases.