Going into the Halloween weekend, Alberta is reporting 603 new cases in the past 24 hours.

Hospitalizations dropped by 14 to 765.

ICU admissions dropped by five for a total of 180.

Sadly, another eight deaths have been reported for a total of 3,093.

To date, 86.9 per cent of the province have received one dose of COVID vaccine while 79.8 per cent are fully immunized.

Cochrane schools with an alert or outbreak status:

  • Elizabeth Barrett Elementary School and Fireside School are reporting 5-9 cases.
  • Cochrane Christian Academy and Manachaban Middle School are reporting 2-4 cases.

Cochrane has 78 active cases and Rocky View County has 68 cases.

Tips for a safe Halloween can be found HERE.