Alberta's chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw gave an update on the most recent COVID-19 numbers in the province and on the government's ongoing response to the pandemic on Thursday.

The province reported 162 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the provincial total to 2,158 as of April 16.

“We did expect to see higher one-day case numbers as we expanded our testing,” Hinshaw said.

Alberta’s chief medical officer of health said two more people died from the virus: a man in his 70s in the Calgary zone and a woman in her 80s in the North Zone. Both were residents of long-term care centres.

Alberta has seen a total of 50 fatalities connected to the virus. Hinshaw also said 2,779 tests were completed over the last 24 hours.

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