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Alberta reports 18 new cases of COVID-19, no new cases in RMWB

Last Updated May 23, 2020 at 3:44 pm MDT

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, green, 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/AP-NIAID-RML via AP

The Alberta government has reported 18 new cases of COVID-19 in the province, bringing the number of total cases to 6,818.

READ MORE: RMWB observes eight straight days of no new COVID-19 cases

One additional Albertan has died from the virus, bringing the total to 135.

There are 814 active cases in the province and 5,869 recovered cases.

There are no new cases of COVID-19 in the municipality, but there are still two active cases.

There is one active case in Fort McMurray and another outside the urban service area, 23 people have recovered in the region.