Alberta confirmed 32 new COVID-19 cases Friday, Alberta Health said, bringing the total number of active cases in the province to 865.
Two more Albertans died from the virus. Health officials said the two individuals who passed away were a woman in her 90s from Kensington Village Shepherd’s Care Campus, a continuing care home in Edmonton, and a woman in her 70s from Carewest Sarcee, a continuing care home in Calgary.
Long-term care facilities continue to be concerning for Alberta’s chief medical officer of health. Four deaths at continuing care sites were reported Thursday. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] “Those four deaths being reported all together on the same day could just be a reflection of