The Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary. (albertahealthservices.ca)

By Canadian Press

Alberta declares outbreaks at university in Edmonton, hospital in Calgary

Sep 21, 2020 | 2:00 PM

EDMONTON – 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.

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The university says in a statement that five members of the men’s residence at St. Joseph’s College have tested positive for COVID-19.

This report from The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 21, 2020.

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