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On Friday, chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced she would be scaling back her daily COVID-19 updates.
This week, she will be providing an update on Tuesday and Thursday. The following week, she is scheduled to have updates on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The province will continue to send out a situation report on the virus every day, whether or not Hinshaw is slated to speak.
“The pandemic is far from over. However, in consideration of the reduced number of cases overall and the fact we have begun to resume operations under Stage 1 of Alberta’s relaunch strategy, I made the recommendation to scale down the frequency of my availabilities,” Hinshaw said on Friday.
If there is an “event of significance,” a media availability will be scheduled.
In Canada, there are 77,295 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 5,805 deaths, the latest numbers from the Government of Canada show. Globally, there are 4,628,903 confirmed cases and 312,009 deaths, according to the World Health Organization.
