Alberta's chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw will be providing an update on Tuesday regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in the province after over 15,000 new cases were confirmed this past weekend.

On Monday, Alberta Health reported there were 1,007 people receiving care for COVID-19 in hospital, with 94 of those people in the ICU.

Over the weekend, 25 additional COVID-19 deaths were reported, including a child between the age of five and nine. According to the province, the child did not have any pre-existing conditions.

The province reported 15,886 new, lab-confirmed cases over the weekend: 6,293 cases on Friday, 5,407 on Saturday and 4,186 on Sunday.

As of Monday, there were 72,368 active confirmed cases of COVID-19.

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