Alberta’s COVID-19 death toll increased by 30 on Thursday. It’s a number Alberta’s chief medical officer of health called a “heartbreaking figure.”
To date, 790 Albertans have now died.
“If anyone still needs reminding of the seriousness of the virus, of the importance of the restrictions that are currently in place and the importance of doing everything possible to limit our interactions and break the chains of transmission, this is it,” Dr. Deena Hinshaw said.
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While all these deaths didn’t occur on Wednesday, Hinshaw said it was the highest figure she has had the “sad task of reporting.”
Hinshaw also announced and additional 1,571 new cases of COVID in Alberta, bringing the provincial total to 86,168 confirmed cases since the pandemic began.
There were 19,865 active cases across the province, with the majority of those in the Edmonton zone with 9,525.
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There were 7,043 active cases in the Calgary zone, 1,462 cases reported in the Central zone, the South zone had 541 cases, there were 1,214 cases in the North zone and 80 cases not attributed to a specific zone.
There are currently active alerts or outbreaks in 450 schools across the province, or 19 per cent of Alberta schools. Those schools have a combined total of 1,966 cases and include 126 schools on the watch list.
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