Alberta Health confirmed two more deaths linked to a COVID-19 outbreak at the Olymel meatpacking plant in Red Deer on Friday, bringing the total to three. The other Olymel outbreak-related death reported by the province on Friday was a woman in her 60s, who died on Sunday. The first COVID-19 death linked to the outbreak was Darwin Doloque, 35, who died on Jan. 28There are 500 cases linked to the outbreak at the Red Deer meatpacking plant, according to the most recent update from Alberta Health. Alberta reported 356 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday and three more deaths from the illness, the lowest number of COVID-19 deaths reported by the province in a single day since October. The regional breakdown of active cases is:Calgary zone: 1,523North zone: 1,016Edmonton zone: 908Central zone: 722South zone: 327Unknown: 9The province's COVID-19 vaccination rollout has now seen 207,300 doses of vaccine administered.

Source: CBC News February 26, 2021 23:33 UTC