LETHBRIDGE, AB – A large number of Albertans tested positive for COVID-19 over the long weekend.
Over four days, Friday through Monday, there were 4,903 new cases reported.
Provincial positivity rates ranged from 10.9 to 12.7 percent depending on the day.
There was also a temporary spike in vaccine uptake last Friday which is the day the $100 incentive was announced by Premier Jason Kenney.
Sept. 3 saw just over 10,600 doses administered – the highest daily total since Aug. 6 and the most first doses in one day since June 30.
Locally, there were 98 new COVID cases in Lethbridge over the weekend which pushed the active case count to 257. That’s the highest it’s been since May 20th.
A couple of southern Alberta municipalities also saw notable jumps in cases over the weekend. Active cases in Lethbridge County went up by 21 to 85 while active cases in the MD of Taber increased by 28 to 106.