Two more deaths, 117 new COVID-19 cases in Alberta after test backlog

Alberta confirmed 117 cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, the largest daily total in Alberta to date. The province credits the large increase, which brought the total to 871, to a testing backlog. Alberta Health conducted more than 4,500 tests in the past 24 hours, said Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical officer of health. Ninety-eight per cent of tests came back negative, she added. Two more Albertans have died as a result of the novel coronavirus, bringing Alberta's death toll to 11. The