The Alberta government reported Thursday two new deaths related to the novel coronavirus, meaning exactly 100 Albertans over the age of 80 have died from the illness.
The two additional deaths were a woman in her 100s living in at the Intercare Chinook Care Centre in Calgary, and a woman in her 80s living at the Agecare Sunrise Gardens in Brooks.
The Alberta government also said Thursday that 29 new cases of the novel coronavirus were confirmed in the province, bringing the total number of cases to 6,995, 6,160 of which were classified as recovered. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] That leaves 652 active cases, the majority of which were in the Calgary Zone, which had 518 people still sick with the