Alberta Health says there are 86 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of active cases to 701.

Just over eight thousand Albertans have recovered from corona virus while hospitalization rates remain low with 55 people in hospital, 13 of whom are in intensive care.

So far, labs have performed 545,902 tests with 5,801 completed in the last 24 hours.

There are two new deaths to report, leaving the total at 163.

Locally High River has a single case while Clareholm has two, Black Diamond three and Okotoks has five.

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