Over the past five days, the average number COVID-19 intensive care unit admissions has been over 23 per day, Dr. Verna Yiu, president and CEO of Alberta Health Services, said at a Thursday news conference. "We have never, ever had that number of total patients in ICU before. "It's tragic that we are only able to keep pace with these sort of numbers because, in part, some of our ICU patients have passed away. Number of ICU patients the highest in the province's history 1:18 Dr. Verna Yiu, president and CEO of Alberta Health Services, says there are 310 Albertans in ICU, of which 226 patients have COVID-19. Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said Thursday the federal government will pitch in after Alberta asked for help with airlifting COVID-19 patients, and to be lent ICU-registered nurses and respiratory therapists.

Source: CBC News September 23, 2021 18:56 UTC