Alberta, currently at 871 cases of COVID-19, to provide new update at 3:30 p.m.

Following the largest daily total of COVID-19 cases in Alberta to date, the province will provide its latest pandemic update at 3:30 p.m. Thursday. Alberta reported 117 cases on Wednesday after a testing backlog earlier in the week. The province-wide total now sits at 871, with 142 recoveries. Eleven Albertans have died as a result of the novel coronavirus.Two more deaths, 117 new COVID-19 cases in Alberta after test backlog Infographics: COVID-19 in Alberta by the numbersOn Wednesday, Premier J