Two additional cases of COVID-19 surface in Fort McMurray

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. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. Despite a surge in demand due to COVID-19, many distress centres across Canada are dangerously close to folding thanks to major declines in both volunteers and revenue. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, NIAID-RML

The province reported two new cases of COVID-19 in the RMWB.

Both new cases are in Fort McMurray, which has eight active cases and 72 recoveries.

Alberta corrected a previous report listing one active and 59 recoveries outside the urban service area.

It determined one previous case in the region did not recover from COVID-19.

There are now two active cases and 58 recovered cases among Wood Buffalo’s rural hamlets.

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In the last 24 hours, Alberta also reported 144 new cases and two additional deaths linked to COVID-19 across the province.

43 Albertans are in hospital with nine in intensive care.

Alberta has 1144 active cases, 230 deaths, and 11,374 recovered cases of COVID-19.

Chief medical officer of health, Dr Deena Hinshaw, will provide her next live update on COVID-19 response on Aug. 24, 2020.