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Workers at two continuing-care sites operated by AgeCare are not to blame for devastating COVID-19 outbreaks, according to a resident at one facility and a man whose mother has lived in the other for five years.
Laura Rutherford lives at AgeCare Skypointe, where nearly 300 COVID-19 cases have now been detected. She requires care for Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare neurological disorder, and is currently on the mend after testing positive for the novel coronavirus in late December.
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A third Alberta health-care worker has died from COVID-19, Alberta Health reported Wednesday.
It marks the third consecutive day that Alberta has reported the death of a health-care worker from COVID-19. The worker reported dead on Wednesday worked in the Calgary zone. The person was not employed by Alberta Health Services, AHS said.
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Health Minister Tyler Shandro announced the first death of a health-care worker Monday, and while offering condolences to care aide Joe Corral’s family during Tuesday’s news conference, revealed that a second health-care worker had died.
CALGARY The province has recorded the largest number of fatalities in a single day for the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Edmonton zone bearing the bulk of the tragic circumstances. Alberta Health announced 22 people have died as a result of coronavirus in the province Sunday, pushing the total fatalities from the disease to 719. It also reported 1,717 new infections. The Calgary zone saw three new deaths: A male in his 80s died Dec. 8, linked to the outbreak at the Bethany in Calgary (included comorbidities) A female in her 80s died Dec. 9, linked to the outbreak at AgeCare Skypointe (included comorbidities) A female in her 80s died Dec. 12, linked to the outrbreak at AgeCare Walden Heights (included comorbidities)
Alberta reports deadliest day of pandemic with 22 more deaths
Alberta reported 1,717 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday and performed 21,725 tests in the past 24 hours for a positivity rate of 7.9 per cent.
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Posted: Dec 13, 2020 3:56 PM MT | Last Updated: December 13, 2020
This electron microscope image made available and color-enhanced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detrick, Md., shows Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, orange, isolated from a patient. This strain of coronavirus causes COVID-19.(NIAID/National Institutes of Health via The Associated Press)
Alberta reported 22 deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday the most reported in one day since the start of the pandemic.