Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is set to provide an “important update on COVID-19” at the legislature at 1:15 p.m. MT Tuesday.
On Monday, the province’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw said there were 18 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number to 74 across the province.
There were 52 cases in the Calgary zone, 18 cases in the Edmonton zone, two cases in the Central zone, one case in the South zone and one case in the North zone.
The news conference at 1:15 comes in addition to the daily update with Dr. Hinshaw at 3:30 p.m. COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, causes only mild or moderate symptoms for most people, such as fever and cough, but severe illness is more likely in the elderly and people