1,270 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed Wednesday as Hinshaw pushes for Albertans to accept vaccine She said the centre will take a few weeks to set up and will have about 100 beds available.
However, she said it won’t be staffed unless it is needed.On Thursday morning, Shandro said the temporary facility would only be necessary if current hospital limits, including creating up to 2,250 beds for COVID-19 patients, are reached.“We’re going to continue to make sure that everybody who needs critical care gets the care that they need, or everybody that is critically ill gets that the care that they need,” Shandro said.“And we will continue to make sure that not only are we making sure we have capacity for our current forecasting, but of course,.