There have been a total of 472 cases of COVID-19 in Alberta health-care workers as of the afternoon of April 28, and the vast majority have been in the Calgary zone.

The data, released by Alberta Health, is the first time those figures have been released by AHS zone and is part of a commitment by the department to be transparent about the number of cases in front-line workers.

Out of the 472 cases, 338 cases have been in the Calgary zone; of those, 139 cases are still active while 199 cases have recovered. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] The Edmonton zone has the second-highest number of cases with 74 total, including 16 that are active and 58 that have since recovered.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
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