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Alberta has given first doses of COVID-19 vaccines to more than half of its eligible population and new case numbers are trending downward — but the test positivity rate is still too high, the province’s top doctor says.

Health officials in Alberta reported 877 new cases of COVID-19 and four additional deaths on Tuesday. Hospitalizations stood at 691, with 187 people in ICU.

Case numbers are declining, said Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, but she cautioned that there’s still more to do.

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