As Alberta reports 30 COVID-19 deaths, Hinshaw reflects on heartbreaking number
Alberta recorded 30 COVID-19 deaths Thursday, the highest number ever reported on a single day, prompting the province s chief medical officer of health to reflect on the heartbreaking number and the importance of following restrictions.
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Posted: Dec 17, 2020 1:30 PM MT | Last Updated: December 18, 2020
Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta s chief medical officer of health, updated the COVID-19 situation for the province on Thursday.(Jason Franson/The Canadian Press)
To date, 2,544,564 tests for COVID-19 have been carried out on 1,581,863 people.
COVID-19 numbers in Fort McMurray:
20 new active cases in past 24 hours, bringing known active total to 224. The first case was reported in the city on March 19.
17 new recoveries in past 24 hours, bringing the total to 819.
Masks in public spaces become mandatory on Oct. 26, after 51 active COVID-19 cases were reported in the Wood Buffalo region. The order will be assessed every 30 days and remain if there are more than 50 active cases.
Privacy regulations means Alberta Health cannot release how many COVID-19 patients are being treated in local hospitals or health centres.
EDMONTON To curb the fastest spread of COVID-19 in 11 communities in Edmonton and Calgary, the Alberta government is expanding a spring program that offered self-isolation space to those who couldn t quarantine at home. Premier Jason Kenney said Tuesday the province s data shows community transmission is highest in neighbourhoods whose population largely works in public-facing jobs and sees lower incomes or higher-density living arrangements between multiple generations. As such, the province is launching the COVID Care Campaign, which will send teams to the communities with the latest information on public health orders in native languages and available government or community supports, as well as supplies like masks and hand sanitizer.
To date, 2,544,564 tests for COVID-19 have been carried out on 1,581,863 people.
COVID-19 numbers in Fort McMurray:
20 new active cases in past 24 hours, bringing known active total to 224. The first case was reported in the city on March 19.
17 new recoveries in past 24 hours, bringing the total to 819.
Masks in public spaces become mandatory on Oct. 26, after 51 active COVID-19 cases were reported in the Wood Buffalo region. The order will be assessed every 30 days and remain if there are more than 50 active cases.
Privacy regulations means Alberta Health cannot release how many COVID-19 patients are being treated in local hospitals or health centres.
Alberta to send COVID-19 teams to hard-hit areas in Edmonton, Calgary
The Alberta government will send COVID-19 teams into the 11 hardest-hit neighbourhoods in Edmonton and Calgary to offer masks, hand sanitizer and more information, Premier Jason Kenney says.
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Posted: Dec 15, 2020 1:30 PM MT | Last Updated: December 16, 2020
The first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech s COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Alberta late on Dec. 15. (Premier Jason Kenney/Twitter)