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Alberta health officials to provide update on COVID-19 cases, response Friday afternoon

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At 3:30 p.m. Friday, chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, will be providing an update on the COVID-19 situation in Alberta.

She will be joined by other provincial health officials for the daily update, which will be live streamed in this article. They will also discuss the work being done to protect public health and steps being taken to support the health-care system as it responds to the pandemic.

On Thursday, Hinshaw said there were 486 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the province. Of those, 34 are believed to be the result of community transmission.

Twenty-one people are in hospital and 10 of them are in the intensive care unit. There were a total of 14 confirmed cases connected to the McKenzie Towne Community

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