Every day, Dr. Deena Hinshaw updates Albertans on the number of COVID-19 cases in the province, the number of fatalities, hospitalizations and recoveries.
Alberta’s chief medical officer of health provides these daily statistics with a calm, level demeanour, and then answers questions about the province’s situation and its public health response.
Sometimes, she’s asked things like, “How is Alberta doing?” or “How does Alberta’s response compare to other regions?” The numbers can be overwhelming, but questions like those are even harder to answer.
Provinces are responsible for the delivery of health care, and have taken different approaches to their COVID-19 response and testing.