Nine Canadian Armed Forces nurses who helped treat COVID-19 patients at an Edmonton hospital are on their way back to their home units.
The military says the nurses, who began arriving in Alberta on October 4, were to stay in Edmonton until today.
An army tweet on Friday said they would now be heading home.
They were deployed following a request for assistance from the Government of Alberta on September 22, spurred by increased admissions to COVID-19 hospitals and intensive care units.
CAF critical care nurses in Edmonton are returning to their home units. Following a request for assistance from the Province of Alberta, 9 CAF nurses arrived in early October to begin their orientation & integration into the health system.
As of Friday’s update, there are 8,158 known active cases of COVID-19 in Alberta and 780 people are being treated for the disease in hospital
As of Saturday, there were 243 intensive care patients, about two-thirds of whom test positive for COVID, according to the Alberta Health Services website.
Critical care capacity in Alberta, with the extra roll-up beds, was 76% on Saturday, AHS said. Without extra beds, intensive care capacity would be 140%.
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