COVID-19 update on Thursday afternoon.Dr. Deena Hinshaw is scheduled to hold a news conference at 3:30 p.m., which will be streamed live in this story post.
All Alberta students K-12 returning to classrooms May 25, except for 1 region This is the fourth time this week Hinshaw has held a COVID-19 update.Thursday’s update comes after 908 new COVID-19 cases were identified on Wednesday.
While new case numbers have come down in the last week or so, the positivity rate in Alberta was at 9.1 per cent Wednesday.There were 685 people in hospital with COVID-19 on Wednesday, 185 of whom were being treated in intensive care.