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• Alberta sets single day record, doubling active COVID-19 cases in a week

  Alberta recorded its highest single-day increase of new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday.

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  Dec 29, 2021
  
• COVID-19 positivity rate reaches levels Alberta has ‘never seen before’

  Hinshaw said Alberta had never before had a higher COVID-19 positivity rate than just over 13 per cent in any of its previous waves. It reached 17 to 22 per cent over the holidays.

  Health

  Dec 28, 2021
  
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• COVID-19: Kenney announces booster shots for Alberta seniors, health workers, First Nations people

  COVID-19 third vaccine doses announced for Alberta seniors, health-care workers and First Nations people 18 years and older was announced by Premier Jason Kenney on Wednesday.

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  Nov 3, 2021
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• Alberta launches app to read COVID-19 vaccination QR code

  The Alberta government introduced its new QR code scanner dubbed, AB Covid Records Verifier at Tuesday's news conference along with providing its regular COVID-19 update.

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  Oct 12, 2021
• Nenshi says lifting Alberta’s remaining COVID-19 health orders is the ‘height of insanity’

  Calgary's mayor says it's the ``height of insanity'' that Alberta is moving ahead with removing almost all of its remaining COVID-19 public health orders.

  Health

  Jul 29, 2021
• ‘Alberta, we have a challenge’: 7 deaths, 1,440 cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Alberta since Friday

  In response to the rising COVID-19 case numbers in Alberta since Friday, the province has introduced new limits on social gatherings.

  Health

  Oct 26, 2020
• Alberta records another 332 cases of COVID-19 as Hinshaw urges flu vaccination

  As of Friday afternoon, there were 2,836 active cases of COVID-19 across Alberta.

  Health

  Oct 16, 2020
• COVID-19: How Edmonton’s voluntary cohort guidelines could affect multi-sport families

  Alberta's top doctor has advised people to limit cohorts in the Edmonton zone, but the voluntary request is causing confusion and concern for some people who are involved in minor sports.

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  Oct 9, 2020
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• Alberta confirms 578 new cases of COVID-19 since Friday, 8 more deaths

  Alberta's chief medical officer of health says additional measures could be put in place if cases continue to climb as 578 cases of COVID-19 were reported over the weekend. 

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  Oct 5, 2020
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• COVID-19: Alberta grants exemption to single-site staffing rule for Edmonton care centre with outbreak

  Alberta's chief medical officer of health announced Monday that the circumstances surrounding a COVID-19 outbreak at an Edmonton care centre prompted the province to allowed for extra staff to be brought in to the facility despite Alberta's single-site staffing rule.

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  Aug 10, 2020