By Liam Verster

COVID-19 Update: April 3

1,100 new COVID-19 cases identified in Alberta

Apr 3, 2021 | 3:40 PM

For the second day in a row, Alberta Health is reporting 1,100 new cases of COVID-19.

The new cases come after 12,100 tests were completed on April 2, meaning the positivity rate for testing was nine per cent.

Of the new cases, 550 were of variants of concern. Those variants now make up 35 per cent of all active cases in the province.

Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, also announced on Twitter Saturday that a “significant” outbreak involving the P.1 variant, first identified in Brazil, is being investigated by the province.

Hinshaw did not provide a location of the outbreak or how many cases were connected to it, only adding that more details would be shared on Monday.

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Hospitalizations remained stable over the past 24 hours.

Alberta Health is only release preliminary data over the weekend. Full details on local and specific numbers will be released on Monday, April 5.