Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announced the new restrictions on indoor social gatherings on Thursday. WATCH | Premier, top doctor say new restrictions needed:Alberta announces new restrictions to prevent spread of COVID-19 4:07 Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, who is currently self-isolating, announced new temporary measures to combat COVID-19. The premier said the increase in COVID-19 cases prompted the "limited, focused, targeted measures." Almost daily, Alberta is seeing record numbers of new cases, active cases and, perhaps most ominously, hospitalization and intensive care unit occupancy rates. Forty per cent COVID-19 cases have been traced to transmission at home and at social gatherings, he said.

Source: CBC News November 12, 2020 20:26 UTC