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67 new cases of COVID-19 in Alberta, 27 recovered

The number of COVID-19 cases in Alberta has increased by 67 over the past 24 hours bringing the provincial total to 486.

The total number of cases in the Alberta Central zone is 37 with one in Vermilion River County.

Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw says 13 symptomatic residents at the MacKenzie Towne long-term care home in Calgary have now tested positive.

Yesterday the facility’s operator confirmed 19 residents had symptoms and were self-isolating.

Hinshaw says 27 people have now recovered from COVID-19 and the lab is performing about three thousand tests per day.

The province shows 36,660 tests were done in the province with 3,886 of them in the Central zone.

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