Canada: Top doctor says COVID-19 variants have become dominant strain in Alberta

Global News shows that Canada's Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced on Thursday that COVID-19 variants have become the dominant strain in the province.  

Variants in the province make up 45 per cent of current active cases. The B.1.1.7. variant, which was first discovered in the U.K., makes up 99 per cent of all variant cases confirmed in the province to date.

The battle with the more dangerous virus variants continues.