Alberta: COVID-19 cases - 15,093 cases; 247 deaths

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Source: https://edmontonsun.com/news/local-n...f-b8608d462ee8


COVID-19: Hinshaw says cases jump to 119
Edmonton Journal
Published:
March 18, 2020
Updated:
March 18, 2020 5:41 PM MDT

Alberta has five cases of COVID-19 that do not have obvious transmission sources, Dr. Deena Hinshaw said, as the cases in the province rose to 119.

Three of the cases without determined links are in Edmonton and the other two are in Calgary. One case in the north zone appears to have acquired the illness while visiting the Edmonton area.

The chief medical officer announced 22 new cases in the province at her daily update Wednesday. Three of the cases are in intensive care and six are receiving treatment in hospital. The rest are recovering at home. One previously diagnosed case is in intensive care as well.

The province is also further restricting visitors to hospitals. Only one visitor will be allowed to see a patient at a time and they must be symptom free. Children will not be permitted to visit, except in special circumstances...

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Source: https://cochranenow.com/articles/fir...ath-in-alberta

...A male in his 60's from the Edmonton zone passed away earlier today from COVID-19. He had prior health issues.

27 new cases of COVID-19 were also announced Thursday afternoon, bringing the province's total number of cases to 146...

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Source: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/alberta-...-195-1.4861596


Alberta has 49 new COVID-19 cases; total up to 195
Diego Romero
Digital Journalist
Published Friday, March 20, 2020 11:28AM MDT Last Updated Friday, March 20, 2020 4:32PM MDT

EDMONTON -- Alberta confirmed 49 new COVID-19 cases Friday, the largest day-to-day increase yet, bringing the province's total to 195.

Up to 11 of the total cases — all in the Edmonton and Calgary zones — may be community transmitted, Dr. Deena Hinshaw said.

Five of the 10 coronavirus patients in hospital are in intensive care...

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Source: https://calgarysun.com/news/local-ne...8-92732882e629


COVID-19: 42 new cases in Alberta, political and medical leaders urge people to stay home
Stephanie Babych
Published:
March 23, 2020
Updated:
March 23, 2020 4:07 PM MDT

A renewed sense of urgency for people to social distance themselves from others was expressed by political and medical leaders across the country Monday, as the number of COVID-19 cases continued to rise in Canada.

Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced there are 42 new cases in the province, bringing the total to 301. Of those cases, there are 18 hospitalizations, including seven people in intensive care, and still just one death and three reported recoveries. Hinshaw’s message for Monday’s daily update, however, was that people need to be more vigilant in staying home and social distancing themselves...

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Source: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/alberta-...eath-1.4866241

Alberta confirms 57 new COVID-19 cases, second death
Diego Romero
Digital Journalist
Published Tuesday, March 24, 2020 12:16PM MDT Last Updated Tuesday, March 24, 2020 4:18PM MDT

EDMONTON -- There are 57 new cases of COVID-19 in the province, Dr. Deena Hinshaw confirmed Tuesday, as well as the province's second death due to the disease.

Alberta now has 358 COVID-19 cases. The province's second death is a woman in her 80s in Calgary, according to the chief medical health officer.

She was a resident of the MacKenzie Towne Long Term Care Home. One staff member and two other residents have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and 11 other residents are showing symptoms...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...shaw-1.5509521

Alberta reports 61 new COVID-19 cases, bringing total to 419
Dr. Deena Hinshaw holds Wednesday news conference at 3:30 p.m. MT
CBC ? Posted: Mar 25, 2020 1:44 PM MT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

Alberta reported 61 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, bringing the total so far to 419.

Those 419 cases include 33 thought to have been transmitted within the province, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical officer of health, said at a news conference.

Twenty people are now in hospital with the illness, including eight in intensive-care units.

"These are significant case numbers and they underscore the seriousness of the situation that we face," Hinshaw said...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...shaw-1.5511087

Alberta reported 67 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the total in the province to 486.

Thirty-four of the cases are thought to have been transmitted within the province, an increase of one since the day before, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical officer of health said at a news conference...

... Twenty-one people are now in hospital with the illness, including eight in intensive-care units. The province has seen outbreaks in nursing homes and at a group home for people with developmental disabilities.

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Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/6742251/a...d-19-march-27/


Alberta closes all non-essential business as 542 COVID-19 cases confirmed
By Emily Mertz Global News
Posted March 27, 2020 2:52 pm
Updated March 27, 2020 6:00 pm

The provincial government announced some big changes Friday as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rose to 542 in Alberta.
New rules in Alberta

Premier Jason Kenney said the restriction on mass gatherings was being tightened. People can no longer gather in groups of under 50; they must be smaller than 15. That includes indoor and outdoor events, the premier said, like weddings and funerals.

Kenney stressed the two-metre social distancing rule must be observed.

Alberta is also closing vehicle access to provincial parks and public lands.

Kenney also announced the closure of all non-essential businesses. He said that includes close-contact businesses like hair and nail salons, tattoo parlours, furniture and clothing stores, computer and gaming stores...

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Source: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/79-new-c...erta-1.4872846

EDMONTON -- The province has confirmed that there are 79 new cases of COVID-19 in Alberta, bringing the total to 621.

There was no news conference held on Saturday to update the case totals, but the province put out a release shortly after 5 p.m. with the data.

There are currently 38 patients in hospital and 12 of those are in intensive care...

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Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/6748831/a...d-19-march-29/

Alberta reports 3rd death from COVID-19 as total cases hit 661
By Allison Bench Global News
Posted March 29, 2020 7:45 pm
Updated March 29, 2020 9:51 pm

In a Sunday update, Alberta officials announced that another person in the province had died due to COVID-19, bringing the death toll to three.

The total number of COVID-19 cases in Alberta reached 661, up by 40 since the day before.

The person who died was an 80-year-old woman in the Calgary zone. AHS could not confirm whether or not she was in a care home.

Of the cases in the province, there have been 41 hospitalizations and 14 admissions to intensive care units...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...shaw-1.5514899

Five more deaths in Alberta from COVID-19
Province reports 29 news cases on Monday
CBC News ? Posted: Mar 30, 2020 2:30 PM MT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

...The five people who died on Monday were:

a woman in her 70s from the Calgary zone;
a woman in her 50s from the Calgary zone;
two men in their 80s from the Edmonton zone, and;
a man in his 30s from the north zone...

...The province reported 29 news cases on Monday, which came on top of 119 that were reported over the weekend, bringing the total to 690.

On Sunday, an 80-year-old woman from the Calgary zone died from the illness...

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Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/6757115/a...d-19-march-31/

Alberta has 754 confirmed cases of COVID-19; 9 deaths total
By Emily Mertz Global News
Posted March 31, 2020 2:09 pm
Updated March 31, 2020 7:30 pm

Dr. Deena Hinshaw said Tuesday that a third death related to the novel coronavirus had occurred at McKenzie Towne Continuing Care Centre in Calgary, bringing the total number of COVID-19-related fatalities in Alberta to nine.

It is the third death at that Calgary seniors’ home.

“This is another tragic case of COVID-19 at its worst,” Hinshaw said.

The province saw 64 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 754, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health said.

Hinshaw said 77 of the confirmed cases involve health-care workers, including staff at continuing care facilities...

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Source: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/two-more...klog-1.4877671

Two more deaths, 117 new COVID-19 cases in Alberta after test backlog
Diego Romero
Digital Journalist
Published Wednesday, April 1, 2020 11:10AM MDT Last Updated Wednesday, April 1, 2020 6:43PM MDT

EDMONTON -- Alberta confirmed 117 cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, the largest daily total in Alberta to date.

The province credits the large increase, which brought the total to 871, to a testing backlog.

Two more Albertans have died as a result of the novel coronavirus, bringing Alberta's death toll to 11.

"This has been the toughest week of the pandemic for our province," Kenney said.

"We need to be upfront with Albertans. The hard truth is that things will get worse before they get better."

The victims are a man in his 80s in the Calgary zone and a man in his 80s in the North zone.

Of the 874 Albertans who have contracted COVID-19, 142 have recovered from the virus.

The province suspects 94 cases were spread in the community...

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Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/6768561/a...id-19-april-2/


Alberta has 13 deaths due to COVID-19, including 4 at McKenzie Towne Continuing Care
By Emily Mertz Global News
Posted April 2, 2020 1:45 pm
Updated April 2, 2020 8:19 pm

Alberta’s chief medical officer of health said Thursday the province has confirmed 97 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 968.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw confirmed two more fatalities due to the virus, bringing Alberta’s death toll to 13.

One individual was a man in his 90s who was a resident of the McKenzie Towne Continuing Care Centre in Calgary, where there are now 65 cases of COVID-19.

The second individual was a man in his 80s in the North zone, a resident of Manoir Du Lac retirement home in McLennan, Hinshaw said.

She said there are 74 confirmed cases in Alberta continuing care facilities and she expects more in the coming days.

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Source: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/alberta-...rmed-1.4881427

Alberta surpasses 1,000 cases of COVID-19; 5 more deaths confirmed
Diego Romero
Digital Journalist
Published Friday, April 3, 2020 12:31PM MDT Last Updated Friday, April 3, 2020 6:07PM MDT

EDMONTON -- Alberta now has more than 1,000 cases of COVID-19 after the province confirmed 107 new cases, along with five more deaths, on Friday.

Nearly a month after Alberta announced its first presumptive case of the novel coronavirus, the province-wide total has increased to 1,075, with 196 of those patients now recovered.


Eighteen Albertans have died as a result of the virus, including four more residents at Calgary's McKenzie Towne Long Term Care home, bringing the facility's death toll to eight.

A woman in her 20s in the Edmonton Zone has also died due to COVID-19. It's unclear whether she had an underlying health issue, Dr. Deena Hinshaw said Friday...