Dr. Deena Hinshaw to provide update on COVID-19 in Alberta Thursday afternoon

Alberta’s chief medical officer of health will provide an update on COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, deaths and the public health response Thursday at 3:30 p.m.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw is scheduled to be joined by other health officials.

Global News will stream the news conference live in this article post.

Thursday marks one week since Phase 1 of Alberta’s economic relaunch began.

On Wednesday, Alberta Health reported 19 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest number of new cases since March 29, when there were 18.

One COVID-19-related death was reported: a man in his 70s at Extendicare Hillcrest in Calgary.

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As of Wednesday, Alberta had 970 active cases, 5,637 recovered cases, 128 fatalities, 58 people in hospital, seven of whom were in intensive care.

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