Health officials are expecting more COVID-19 tests could come back positive at the McKenzie Towne Continuing Care Centre as the number of cases there jumped to 14 as of Thursday.
The eight additional cases were announced as part of Alberta chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw’s daily update.
A woman in her 80s who was a resident of the facility died earlier this week after testing positive for the virus, marking Alberta’s second death linked to the illness.
At the time, officials said three others — a staff member and two residents — had tested positive for the novel coronavirus and 11 others were showing symptoms.