Two more people have died from COVID-19 in Alberta and 117 new cases of the illness were reported on Wednesday. The big jump in newly reported cases was due mainly to a large number of backlogged tests being processed over the past 24 hours, Kenney said. The number of cases reported each day is directly related to the number of tests conducted, Hinshaw said. To date, 53,141 people have been tested for COVID-19 in Alberta, more per capita than in any other province in Canada. On March 5, while most people anxiously watched the novel coronavirus spread across China and into parts of Europe, Alberta reported its first presumptive case of COVID-19.

Source: CBC News April 01, 2020 18:23 UTC