Albertans can expect a further COVID-19 bump this summer, driven by yet another crop of new variants, experts are cautioning.A positive COVID-19 rapid test result is shown in this file photo. The current positivity rate in Alberta is 11.9 per cent. Albertans can expect a further COVID-19 bump, driven by yet another crop of new variants, experts are cautioning.
"They have changes, again, that help them evade our immune systems and get in, again, just a little bit easier.""We don't expect a huge rise, just maybe another doubling of cases, which is terrible, we don't want any more cases … but I don't expect emergency levels."COVID-19 statistics"I think that there has been a true increase in transmission there has been a true increase in more severe disease," said Dr.
"I think in some people, and across the community in general, immunity is wearing thinner," she said.
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