Alberta COVID-19 update scheduled for 3:30 p.m. as province gears up for relaunch

Alberta's top doctor will release new COVID-19 numbers at 3:30 p.m. Friday as the province begins to relaunch an economy hard-hit by the pandemic. On Thursday, Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced 190 new cases of the coronavirus and three more deaths. Alberta has a total of 5,355 cases — 3,105 active and 2,161 recovered — and 89 deaths. Ninety of the active cases are in hospital, with 22 of those in intensive care units. Alberta Health Services has completed 148,937 tests since the pandemic