Alberta reports 276 new cases of COVID-19, one additional death

Alberta now has 1,900 active cases of COVID-19, after 276 new cases were reported Tuesday.

It's the highest number of new cases reported in single day in Alberta since April.

The provinceadded one moredeath, a woman in her 70sin the Calgary zone, to bring the number of people who have died from the disease to 281.

There are 61 people in hospital, 13 of them in intensive care.

Provincial labs completed17,654 tests for COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the total number of tests to1,442,603.

The Edmonton zone now has 1,063 active cases, the first time ever it has been over the 1,000 mark.

The last time any zone was over that mark was Calgary zone onMay 12.

The largest current outbreak is in the Edmonton zone, where48 active cases (58 total)are tied to an outbreak atMillwoods Shepherd's Care Centre.

The regional breakdown of active cases was:

• Edmonton zone: 1,063cases, up from 982cases Monday.
• Calgary zone: 645cases, up from 624 cases.
• North zone: 99 cases, down from 105 cases.
• South zone: 61cases, up from 47cases.
• Central zone: 26cases, up from 22cases.
• Unknown: six cases, up from threecase.

Four more schools have been added to theprovince's watch list, meaning they have five or more cases, three of which are in Edmonton.

Dr, Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, warned on Mondaythat additional measures may be necessary tobring the transmission rate down in Edmonton.

Hinshaw hostshernext news conference on Thursday.