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46 more COVID deaths reported in latest update

A health worker takes a swab sample from a resident to be tested for COVID-19 coronavirus in Jiayuguan, in China's northwestern Gansu province on November 24, 2022.  (AFP/Getty Images - image credit)
A health worker takes a swab sample from a resident to be tested for COVID-19 coronavirus in Jiayuguan, in China's northwestern Gansu province on November 24, 2022. (AFP/Getty Images - image credit)

Alberta health officials are reporting another 46 deaths related to COVID-19.

A total of 1,042 people are currently in Alberta hospitals with COVID-19, 38 of whom are in ICU, according to the province's latest update.

The update covers Nov. 29 to Dec. 5 . Another 1,147 cases were detected through PCR testing during that time. The seven-day test positivity average is sitting at 14.17 per cent.

Those numbers are not entirely representative of COVID-19 in the province, as very few people are eligible for PCR tests and rapid tests are not counted in these totals.

A total of 5,262 Albertans have died with COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.

As of Dec. 5, 40.7 per cent of the population have had three doses of vaccine. Around 78 per cent have had two doses.