During a provincial update on Friday, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw confirmed that an inmate at the Calgary Remand Centre has tested positive for COVID-19, saying that “this is someone newly admitted who was exposed before they arrived.”
She said it marks the first confirmed COVID-19 case at a correctional facility in Alberta.
Hinshaw also said she would be shifting the way she presents the province’s daily COVID-19 numbers, stating that a key measure health officials are watching ahead of Alberta’s relaunch strategy is hospitalizations and intensive care unit admissions.
