Alberta’s chief medical officer of health to provide COVID-19 update Wednesday afternoon

Dr. Deena Hinshaw is scheduled to provide her daily update on the COVID-19 situation in Alberta and the public health response at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Alberta’s chief medical officer of health is set to be joined by other officials.

Global News will livestream the news conference in this article.

On Tuesday, the province released new revised data regarding the projected trends and health impacts of the novel coronavirus and added a new “low” modelling scenario.

As of Tuesday, there were 154 new cases, bringing the provincial total to 4,850.

Five more people died from the virus, bringing Alberta’s death toll to 80.

Eighty-two Albertans were in hospital, 21 of whom were in intensive care.

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