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Province reports 42 new cases of COVID-19, no additional deaths

Last Updated May 24, 2020 at 3:37 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 province has reported 42 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the number of total cases to 6,860.

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There have not been any additional deaths in province.

There are 801 active cases and 5,924 recovered cases.

Of the active cases there are 46 hospitalizations six of which are in intensive care.

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

One case is in Fort McMurray and the other is outside the urban service area.

In total 23 people have recovered in the region.

Over the past 24 hours there have been 4,015 tests completed.