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Dr. Deena Hinshaw to provide COVID-19 update for Alberta Thursday afternoon

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COVID-19 on Thursday afternoon.Alberta’s chief medical officer of health is set to provide her update at 3:30 p.m. Global News will live stream the news conference in this story post.Thursday’s update comes amid what appear to be stabilizing hospital and ICU numbers in Alberta.

As of Wednesday afternoon, there were 928 people in hospital with COVID-19, with 203 of those people being treated in intensive care.

Alberta ICU numbers hold steady as province surpasses 3,000 COVID-19 deaths Overall ICU capacity in Alberta — for both COVID and non-COVID patients — sat at 74 per cent with additional surge beds in place on Wednesday.

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