Alberta’s top health official says province isn’t in a second wave of COVID-19

EDMONTON – The province’s chief medical officer of health says Alberta is not in a second wave of COVID-19, despite an increase in daily confirmed case numbers in recent weeks.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw says some provinces may have determined they’re in a second onslaught of the pandemic, but that’s not the case in Alberta, where numbers are “relatively stable.”

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Hinshaw says there would have to be a huge spike in infections and the future at the moment remains in the hands of the public.