EDMONTON — Alberta is reporting a total of 1,045 cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant.
The province says there were 1,925 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend.
It says 627 new cases of COVID-19 were reported Friday, 721 on Saturday and 577 on Sunday.
The active case count is at 5,652.
The 721 cases reported Saturday was the highest single-day case count since Oct. 20.
More than half of the Omicron cases reported to date were in the Calgary zone.
The Calgary zone has reported 613 Omicron cases, while Edmonton has had 367.
The province says there are 324 people his hospital, including 69 in intensive care.
Since the pandemic began, a total of 3,292 people in Alberta have died from the disease.
The Canadian Press
