Don Iveson called a special city council meeting Tuesday morning, where councillors and health officials discussed potential measures the city could take to slow the spread of COVID-19, amid rising growth in the city and across the province.Interim city manager Adam Laughlin presented what he called “grim COVID-19 data for the Edmonton region,” that is “alarming and unacceptable.”“The spread of the virus has not let up,” Laughlin said. “The data trends are alarming.”Alberta recorded 1,735 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, pushing the province’s active case count over 20,000 to 20,067.
Of those, 9,190 active cases are in the Edmonton zone. The city of Edmonton proper has an active case rate of 727.8 per 100,000 population.Despite additional.