Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw updates the COVID-19 situation in the province on Wednesday.

Hinshaw’s update comes as Alberta continues to rollout Phase 2A of the province’s COVID-19 vaccination program. On Wednesday, three more birth years were added: Albertans born in 1949, 1950 and 1951; and First Nations, Métis and Inuit people in the province who were born in 1964, 1965, and 1966 can book the shot.

As of March 15, 379,882 doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered in Alberta, with over 91,000 Albertans fully vaccinated with two doses.

Alberta also announced on Tuesday that community physicians will be able to administer the vaccine starting in April.

There were 355 new cases of COVID-19 identified in Alberta on Tuesday, with 62 new cases of variants of concern. The province has identified 1,160 cases of COVID-19 variants so far.

There were three additional deaths related to COVID-19 recorded Tuesday. Since the pandemic began, 1,952 Albertans have died from the disease.

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