Alberta Premier Jason Kenney. Photo by Chris Schwarz/Government of Alberta
Just as Alberta set a new daily COVID-19 case count record, the UCP government on Thursday announced tighter restrictions for the most populous parts of the province that could include curfews.
In the past 24 hours, the province recorded 2,048 new cases of the deadly virus, exceeding the previous record of 1,873 set on Dec. 4 of last year while also tying the previous high figure for ICU patients, at 151.
Restrictions include a shift to online learning for all junior and senior high school students (a restriction already in place in Calgary) and suspension of all indoor fitness.