UPDATE: Alberta exceeds 1,000 cases of COVID-19
This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, orange, emerging from the surface of cells, gray, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. THE CANADIAN PRESS/NIAID-RML via AP
The Alberta government announced 107 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number to 1,075.
No new cases have been reported for the region.
There are 196 resolved cases in the province.
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Of the new cases reported, two are in the North Zone for a total of 57 cases.
Premier Jason Kenney also reported five deaths, bringing the provincial death toll to 18.
More details to come.