EDMONTON -- Three Albertans under the age of 50, including a man in his 20s, were reported to have died due to COVID-19 on Wednesday, bringing the province's death toll to 2,102.
Alberta has now recorded nine COVID-19 deaths in people under 30, and 21 deaths in individuals under 40.
The province also added 2,271 new cases on Wednesday, the second-highest one-day increase to date. Active cases rose to 24,156, a new record high.
- Infographics: COVID-19 in Alberta by the numbers
- COVID-19 in Edmonton: Numbers broken down by neighbourhood
Hospitalizations continued their steady rise with 666 COVID-19 patients in Alberta hospitals.
The number of patients in intensive care units remains at near-record levels with 146 reported in ICU on Wednesday.
Test positivity also continued to remain high, at 11.1 per cent based on 20,494 tests. Test positivity has exceeded 10 per cent for the last seven straight days.
The province has now administered 1,694,675 doses of COVID-19 vaccines.
Earlier Wednesday the province announced it was expanding vaccine eligibility to all Albertans aged 12 and older.
Alberta remains first in per capita total cases, active cases and hospitalizations among all Canadian provinces and territories.
