As of May 27, there are more than 5.6 million cases of the coronavirus around the world, and more than 353,000 deaths. Almost 1.7 million cases have been recorded in the U.S.

The man in his 40s died Thursday after battling COVID-19 in intensive care for five weeks.

As of Wednesday afternoon, Alberta Health had confirmed 19 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death.

Two more residents have died as a result of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

Nine more people in Alberta have died from COVID-19 and an additional 70 cases have been confirmed by the province, Dr. Deena Hinshaw said Monday.

One day earlier, the total number of confirmed cases in Canada surpassed 40,000.

Seven people have died in the province as a result of COVID-19.

Hinshaw confirmed Friday Alberta saw seven additional deaths from COVID-19, four of which were at the McKenzie Towne Continuing Care Centre in Calgary.

Five deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported in Atlantic Canada, three in Newfoundland and Labrador and two in Nova Scotia.

Alberta's COVID-19 death toll rose by three Thursday, reaching 32 total fatalities from the disease. Twenty-two of those were in the Calgary zone.