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Alberta's chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw admitted Thursday that moving the province into an endemic stage of COVID-19 was "too early."

Hinshaw admitted that the changes announced in late July were made by “looking at the evidence that was available at the time,” but were premature.

“Clearly, the move to endemic was too early.”

Alberta’s health system continues to strain under the fourth wave of COVID-19, fueled significantly by the Delta variant and unvaccinated people needing urgent hospital care.

As of Thursday, there were 679 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19, including 154 being treated in the ICU.

Alberta Health Services’ baseline ICU capacity is 173 beds. An additional 93 surge beds have been added to meet the rising care needs.

As of Thursday afternoon, ICU capacity across Alberta was at 87 per cent.

Of the 231 Albertans in ICU, 70 per cent are patients with COVID-19.

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