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Alberta reports 31 new cases of COVID-19, two new cases in RMWB

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There are two new cases of COVID-19 in the municipality.

One case is in Fort McMurray and the second is outside the urban service area, bringing the total active cases in each area to 11.

Provincially, there are 31 new cases of the virus.

There are now 534 active cases in the province.

Of those 33 are I hospital with seven in intensive care.

Alberta has a total 7,018 recoveries.