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New figures are showing how much Alberta paid during the last year to support Albertans isolating. It cost more than $8 million for hotels, transportation, meals and isolation payments to support people who couldn’t self-isolate at home.
According to recently-released data from the department of municipal affairs, since the program launched in May 2020, more than 5,400 Albertans have stayed in more than 4,800 self-isolation hotel rooms. Approximately 36 per cent of these rooms are in Calgary, 45 per cent in Edmonton, and 19 per cent across the rest of the province.
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