Alberta records lowest number of new COVID-19 cases in more than 10 months

Alberta reported 60 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, the lowest number in more than 10 months.

The daily count of new cases was the lowest since Aug. 9 of last year, when there were 45.

Two more deaths were reported to Alberta Health. Two men — one in his 50s and another in his 80s — died Sunday, both in the Calgary zone. As of Monday’s update, 2,292 people have died of COVID-19 in Alberta.

Alberta had 2,003 active cases of the disease as of Sunday, the province reported. 

There were 2,833 tests performed in the last 24 hours, with a positivity rate of 1.8 per cent.