Alberta reports one more COVID-19 death, 20 new cases
Source: CBC News
June 15 2020 - With 175 active cases, Edmonton zone total now approaching that of Calgary.
Alberta reported one more death from COVID-19 on Monday and 20 new cases of the illness.
The person who died was a woman in her 70s from the South zone. She was not living in a continuing care facility.
The total number of deaths in the province is now 151.
On Monday, there were 440 active cases in the province, with 31 people being treated in hospitals, seven of them in ICU beds.
A total of 6,862 people have recovered from the illness.
The number of active cases in Edmonton continues to rise and is nearing Calgary's total, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the chief medical officer of health, said Monday at a news conference.
"We now have 167 active cases in this city, which is approaching the level of Calgary's 194 active cases. In our Edmonton cases, two-thirds of these active cases are linked to having close contact with a case of COVID-19 or being part of an outbreak."