Alberta chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw will provide an update on the COVID-19 situation in the province on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, Hinshaw said that while the province’s positivity rate for COVID-19 is improving, the health-care system continues to struggle under the weight of hundreds of people hospitalized with the disease.

She noted health officials are seeing a decline in total numbers of Albertans being tested for COVID-19 in recent weeks. She said that while it’s possible less people are getting sick, health officials don’t yet know for certain what the reason for the drop in numbers is. She said anyone with symptoms should continue to follow guidelines to stay home and book a test immediately.

Hinshaw said Tuesday that Alberta recorded 456 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours. She said those positive tests were identified after about 8,200 tests were conducted in the same time frame.

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