Alberta's chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw will join health minister Jason Copping to update the province about COVID-19 for the first time in two weeks.

Forty-two more COVID-19 deaths have been identified in Alberta, according to the provincial government released on Wednesday.

The latest deaths were reported between May 31 and June 6.

Since the pandemic began, 4,567 COVID-19 deaths have now been identified in Alberta.

The number of people in Alberta hospitals with the virus has dropped from 931 on May 30 to 816 on June 6. Of those in hospital with COVID-19, 24 are in intensive-care units, down from 29 on May 30.

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