Alberta’s chief medical officer of health is scheduled to update the province on the COVID-19 pandemic Friday afternoon. Dr.
Deena Hinshaw and officials will provide an update on the novel coronavirus outbreak at 4:30 p.m. The update will be live streamed in this story post. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] The update comes one day after Alberta Health imposed new rules on long-term care centres following rising levels and outbreaks of COVID-19 at several facilities.
Hinshaw said Thursday there were 74 cases of COVID-19 spread over nine centres, including 65 cases and four deaths at the McKenzie Towne care centre in Calgary.