Alberta announced 120 new cases last Thursday, marking the first time new daily infections hit triple digits since May 2, when the province was battling two major outbreaks at meat-packing plants
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“This is a reflection of many people feeling that they are tired of the restrictions,” Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer, said Thursday. “They don’t want to be held back anymore from interacting socially with their friends, from doing the things that they enjoy.” Dr. Hinshaw noted some of the province’s cases are tied to parties in British Columbia and other private gatherings. In Calgary, an outbreak swept through an apartment building. In Edmonton, the Misericordia Community Hospital remains shuttered to new patients as it addresses its facilitywide outbreak that had infected 53 Albertans as of last week.There were 859 active cases in Alberta at last count, according to Alberta Health Services.
The seven-day rolling average of daily cases per capita totalled 2.02 per 100,000 in Alberta on Friday, according to The Globe and Mail’s analysis. Saskatchewan followed with 1.46 per 100,000 as health officials in that province worked with Hutterite colonies to contain the spread.
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