There are plenty of scenes south of the border where people are protesting to re-open the country.

They haven't happened here, but Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw understands the desire to return to normal.

But she says it's not time yet.

"The temptation we need to resist is to think that because we haven't seen the spread that our model predicted that means the problem has gone away, that is not true, the virus is still with us and we need to continue to take it very seriously, even as we start to think about re-opening again," she says.

Dr. Hinshaw says the frustration people are feeling at being kept apart is understandable but anyone who thinks this is a "fake pandemic" is wrong.

"I think you only have to talk to the family and friends of the people who've died from COVID-19 in this province, or those who were in the ICU or hospital to know this can be a very serious disease in some people, and so I think it's really important that we all collectively look to the best evidence and the best scientific research to guide our approach to this."

She says there were 187 new cases Tuesday bringing the province's total to 3,095.

There were two more deaths recorded bringing the total to 61.

There are 401 cases at the Cargill plant near High River and 77 at the JBS plant in Brooks.

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