Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw and other officials gave an update on the COVID-19 response in the province on Tuesday.
Alberta’s total number of COVID-19 cases has surpassed 3,000 and the number of cases linked to two meat plants in the province continues to rise as well, according to Hinshaw.
The doctor said the province has recorded 187 new cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number to 3,095. She said 401 of those cases are linked Cargill’s meat plant near High River and 77 to the JBS plant near Brooks. There are now 29 outbreaks confirmed at continuing care homes in Alberta that have resulted in 367 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
