AHS has put in place strong outbreak measures at continuing care facilities, including testing all symptomatic workers and further restrictions for visitors to Alberta hospitals.

Alberta Health is tracking nine outbreaks at continuing care facilities. To date, 93 cases have been confirmed at these facilities, as a result, AHS has expanded its testing criteria for COVID-19 to include symptomatic individuals in group home and shelter workers.

The increased testing also includes first responders and firefighters, plus those involved in COVID-19 enforcement, including police, peace officers, bylaw officers, environmental health officers, and Fish and Wildlife officers.

Correctional facility staff in both provincial and federal facilities have also been added to the list of expanded testing groups. Anyone working in these groups is urged to use Alberta Health Services’ online assessment tool for healthcare workers, enforcement and first responders.

Alberta Health Services reports as of Saturday, April 4th two Albertans have died since Friday's report, bringing the total COVID-19 related deaths in the province to 20.

In addition, 106 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed, bringing the total number in Alberta to 1,181, of those cases, 133 are suspected of being community-acquired.

Fifty-one of the new 106 cases are laboratory confirmed, and 55 are probable (symptomatic close contacts of laboratory-confirmed cases). Of these cases, there are currently 42 people in hospital, 14 of which have been admitted to intensive care units (ICU).

According to AHS the delay in the reporting of probable cases is due to those cases being manually entered into the system. This does not reflect a single-day increase of 55 new cases.

AHS reports currently there have been 62,520 people tested for COVID-19, and a total of 64,108 tests performed by the lab, with 2,148 tests completed in the last 24 hours.

The data shows laboratory positivity rates remain consistent at two percent with 98 percent of those being tested showing a negative result.

Recovery cases have also risen with AHS reporting a total of 240 confirmed cases recovered from COVID-19.

AHS is reiterating that all Albertans need to work together to help prevent the spread and overcome COVID-19 and restrictions remain in place for close-contact businesses, dine-in restaurants, and non-essential retail services.

Albertans are prohibited from attending gatherings of more than 15 people, and they must continue to observe two meters of physical distancing. This includes events both indoors and outdoors, such as family gatherings, weddings, and funerals.

Aggregate data, showing cases by age range and zone, as well as by local geographic areas, is available online at alberta.ca/covid19statistics.