By rdnewsNOW staff

WATCH LIVE

Dr. Hinshaw shares COVID-19 update for Dec. 11

Dec 11, 2020 | 3:20 PM

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

Alberta reported 1,566 new COVID-19 cases yesterday and 13 new deaths.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw, chief medical officer of health, says the province has completed about 16,000 new tests — for a positivity rate of about nine per cent.

wanted after failing to appear

UPDATE: Red Deer RCMP make arrest of Swan Hills man sought since failure to appear

Feb 28, 2026

29-year-old red deer resident

Red Deer Mounties arrest man for alleged assault

Feb 28, 2026

Crime

Alberta woman sentenced to eight years for killing of girl found in hockey bag

Feb 27, 2026

The province has 20,163 active cases with 682 patients in hospital, 124 of them receiving intensive care.

There has been a total of 666 COVID-19 deaths to date in Alberta.

Hinshaw says the province’s health system is in trouble and people need to work together to save it.