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By Tiffany Goodwein

COVID-19: Sixty-nine new cases, one new death in Calgary

Apr 11, 2020 | 3:22 PM

EDMONTON AB,- Speaking at an AHS warehouse holding PPE supplies, the premier of Alberta provided the latest COVID19 numbers in the province.

There are 69 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed over the last 24-hours bringing the provincial total to 1,569 cases .

In the City of Medicine Hat, there are 11 cases, seven of which are considered active and four recovered, according to data on the Province of Alberta website.

Forty-seven Albertans are hospitalized — a reduction of one since yesterday. Thirteen of the 47 remain in ICU.

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Premier Kenney also confirmed one additional death Saturday in the Calgary zone. Yesterday the province announced seven deaths– the largest number of deaths in a single day so far in the province.

The province said 73,000 tests for COVID-19 have been completed thus far.

Of the confirmed cases , the province says 744 cases have recovered which is 48 per cent of confirmed cases.

There are 30 cases of COVID-19 in the South zone.

Read the full April 11 update from the province here.