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Sammy Hudes<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, gives a COVID-19 update to reporters by teleconference from the Edmonton Federal Building on Monday, April 13, 2020.<\/span> Chris Schwarz<\/span> \/ Government of Alberta<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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With two more deaths due to the ongoing pandemic, Alberta\u2019s top doctor said Tuesday that public health measures meant to contain the spread of COVID-19 will remain in place for months to come.<\/p>\n

There were 187 new cases of COVID-19 reported Tuesday, bringing the total number of novel coronavirus cases in Alberta since the outbreak began has reached 3,095, with 61 fatalities, chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw said in her daily briefing.<\/p>\n

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But as the province navigates its second month since Alberta\u2019s first case of the virus was confirmed, Hinshaw said \u201cgetting back to a normal routine\u201d is still some time away.<\/p>\n

\u201cI, too, want to get back to normal as soon as possible,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe challenge we are facing is that in some ways, we\u2019re a victim of our own success. We have collectively pulled together to reduce the spread of this virus and to a large measure we have succeeded.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Albertans need to \u201cresist\u201d the temptation to think \u201cthe problem has gone away.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said people will need to keep following \u201ccore elements\u201d of public health measures \u201cfor many months to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Hinshaw is asked what she says to people who think #COVID19<\/a> is a \u201cfake pandemic.”<\/p>\n

\u201cYou only have to talk to the family and friends of the people who died from COVID-19 in this province or those who are in the ICU or hospital to know that this can be a very serious disease.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2014 Sammy Hudes (@SammyHudes) April 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe virus is still with us and we need to continue to take it very seriously, even as we start to think about reopening again,\u201d said Hinshaw.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe can think about this virus as a tidal wave that could\u2019ve swept in and left a trail of destruction behind. This didn\u2019t happen because we collectively formed a barrier by our actions to prevent the full force of this wave from striking us.\u201d<\/p>\n

More than 1,270 Albertans have recovered after being infected by the virus.<\/p>\n

Around 71 per cent of confirmed or probable COVID-19 cases in Alberta have been in the Calgary zone, which extends north to Didsbury, east to Gleichen, south to Claresholm and west to the Rocky Mountain parks.<\/p>\n

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Province begins listing care homes with outbreaks online<\/h3>\n

Of the new fatalities reported Tuesday, one was a man in his 80s from the Calgary area.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Another was a resident of the J.B. Wood Continuing Care Centre in High Prairie. More than half of Alberta\u2019s coronavirus-related deaths \u2014 39 in total \u2014 have been residents in long-term care.<\/p>\n

There are 367 cases of COVID-19 in 29 continuing-care facilities across Alberta.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the province for the first time began posting online<\/a> the name and location of long-term care, acute-care and supportive-living facilities where there are active outbreaks.<\/p>\n

That includes 25 facilities in Alberta Health Services\u2019 Calgary zone:<\/p>\n

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