79 new cases of COVID-19 announced in Alberta

The province has confirmed that there are 79 new cases of COVID-19 in Alberta, bringing the total to 621. There was no news conference held on Saturday to update the case totals, but the province put out a release shortly after 5 p.m. with the data. There are currently 38 patients in hospital and 12 of those are in intensive care. A total of 53 people have recovered. The province also announced Saturday that it would be temporarily cutting funding for K-12 education during the pandemic. The prov