Starting Nov. 2, the new COVID-19 testing option will be offered at the Coutts land border crossing in southern Alberta and the Calgary International Airport. For the second consecutive day, Alberta has broken two COVID-19 records for both new cases and active cases — reporting 427 new cases and a total of 3,519 active cases of the illness. The voluntary screening option announced Thursday is a joint pilot project between the Province of Alberta and the Government of Canada. WATCH | Contact tracing difficulties hampering attempts to control COVID-19:Nearly half of Alberta's new COVID-19 cases have no known source 3:49 COVID-19 cases are rising in Alberta, and officials say difficulties with contact tracing could hamper the province's ability to slow the spread. The province also broke the record for the most active cases with 3,372 active cases on Wednesday, and again on Thursday with 3,519.

Source: CBC News October 22, 2020 16:32 UTC