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Dr. Hinshaw shares COVID-19 update for Sept. 21

Sep 21, 2020 | 3:16 PM

Alberta’s chief medical officer of health is set to provide her latest update on COVID-19 in the province.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw will speak during a news conference scheduled for 3:30 p.m. You can watch the news conference below once it begins.

Hinshaw’s latest update comes as COVID-19 outbreaks have been declared at a hospital in Calgary and a university in Edmonton.

Alberta Health Services says 14 patients and four staff members have tested positive for the novel coronavirus at the Foothills Medical Centre.

One patient has died.

The outbreaks are in cardiac care and general medicine units.

The health agency says 57 staff who work in those units are in isolation.

Patients on the affected units may not receive visitors except in end-of-life situations.