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Alberta’s border pilot program meant to shorten quarantine periods for international travellers will come to an end once new federal measures take effect, says…

Outside of Lethbridge, no communities in the South Zone had more than two new infections. Several had none. Since yesterday’s update, 12 Albertans died from COVID including four in the Calgary Zone, three in the North Zone, two each in the Central and Edmonton Zones, and one in the South Zone. To date, the virus has claimed the lives of 1,722 people in the province. The person from the South Zone was a man in his 50’s from Cardston County. His death is not linked to any outbreaks. Provincially, 427 patients are currently hospitalized and 78 have been admitted to intensive care. With anoth...

Alberta’s chief medical officer of health and officials provide an update on COVID-19 and the ongoing work to protect public health.

Alberta confirmed 362 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday. That’s out of 7,186 test results over the past 24 hours for a positivity rate of about five per cent. The number of active cases in the province is 9,337, which is down 174 from Sunday. Recoveries are up by 889 to a total of 110,622. There are 637 Albertans in hospital due to COVID-19, down 15, including 113 in intensive care, up two. Another 25 deaths were reported in the past 24 hours bringing Alberta’s total from COVID-19 to 1,574. None of the latest reported deaths were in the Central Zone. “These Albertans were between the ag...

Article content About six per cent of students who were infected with COVID-19 during the first semester of in-class learning contracted the virus while attending school, says Alberta’s chief medical officer of health. Dr. Deena Hinshaw during her update on Monday said an analysis of all cases involving school-aged children from September to December last year showed in-class learning being a low cause for infection among students. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or COVID-19: Six per cent of infections among students happened at school duri...