Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says there are early signs that the province has “reached and surpassed” the peak of COVID-19 infections and that cases will likely start to decline. At a press conference on Jan. 20, Kenney said the “encouraging” news comes from wastewater analyses that suggest lower rates of COVID-19 transmission in many Alberta communities, while current statistics show declining positivity test rates. “We have seen in those samples and studies that Omicron and COVID-19 are declining in 15 of those 19 communities,” he said of the analyses. “Most importantly [are] apparently significant declines as of January 16 in Calgary and Edmonton—the two areas that were earliest hit by [the] Omicron wave.” Kenney added that although the analysis suggests trends of increased transmissions in the remaining four communities, the spread of Omicron has not been consistent throughout the province. “Let’s recall Omicron did not affect all regions of the province simultaneously, …
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