Alberta’s chief medical officer of health and other health officials are scheduled to provide an update Tuesday afternoon on the province’s COVID-19 situation.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw will hold a media availability at 3:30 p.m. MT. Her address will be streamed live in this story post.

The update comes after Alberta recorded 39 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death related to the disease on Monday.

As of Monday afternoon, the province had recorded a total of 6,683 cases of COVID-19, with 1,036 considered still active.

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So far, 5,519 Albertans have recovered from COVID-19.

Tuesday’s in-person update comes after Hinshaw announced last Friday she would no longer hold daily in-person COVID-19 updates. This week, Hinshaw plans to address the media in person with updates on Tuesday and Thursday. The daily COVID-19 case numbers will still be released online on Wednesday, Friday and over the weekend.

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