It’s got the highest COVID-19 rates in Canada again. Is Alberta headed for disaster? By: Alex Boyd - Calgary Bureau,Douglas Quan - Vancouver Bureau, Toronto Star Posted:
Last Modified: 4:47 PM CDT Sunday, May. 2, 2021
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Rates of COVID-19 infection in Alberta continued to surge, as the province on Friday reported another 1,690 cases of the virus.
The recent spike in cases comes as Alberta officials stay mum on the possibility of introducing new public-health restrictions to beat back the cresting third wave.
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Alberta’s 1,690 new novel coronavirus infections mark the province’s third-highest daily total in the third wave, not quite reaching the record 1,857 cases tallied the previous day.
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Rates of COVID-19 infection in Alberta continued to surge, as the province on Friday reported another 1,690 cases of the virus.
The recent spike in cases comes as Alberta officials stay mum on the possibility of introducing new public-health restrictions to beat back the cresting third wave.
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Try refreshing your browser, or Hinshaw, Shandro pass buck on restrictions as COVID-19 cases in Alberta continue surge Back to video
Alberta’s 1,690 new novel coronavirus infections mark the province’s third-highest daily total in the third wave, not quite reaching the record 1,857 cases tallied the previous day.