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Another 70 cases of COVID-19 in South Zone, two deaths in Brooks

Another 319 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Alberta Thursday (Apr. 23) bringing the provincial total to 3,720.

Of those 1,357 cases are considered recovered.

There were also two additional deaths, both in the City of Brooks. Those are the first two deaths in South Zone related to COVID-19. At least one is linked to the JBS meat plant.

In total, Brooks confirmed another 54 cases Thursday for 311. South Zone is reporting 373 total cases now. Medicine Hat is also reporting one more case of the novel coronavirus for a total of 20 and the County of Newell also has a new case there for a total of two.

Lethbridgre remains with 12 cases, 4 active and 8 recovered.

Meanwhile, Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health confirming all large festivals and events in the province are cancelled for this summer.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw making that announcement at the end of her daily update Thursday.

While many events have taken it upon themselves to cancel, Hinshaw says several others were waiting for clarification from Alberta Health Services, something she is now providing.

Patrick Siedlecki
Patrick Siedlecki
Pat has been a mainstay in the CJOC News department from the time the station launched in 2007. He's been in the position of News Director since then and has been anchoring daily news casts as well as reporting and working behind the scenes. Community is important to him and keeping CJOC listeners and readers informed about what's happening across southern Alberta and beyond. Pat has been in radio broadcasting for the past 24 years, starting in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island in 1997 and then moving up island to Nanaimo for another few years before heading to Lethbridge in 2007. Pat grew up in the small Saskatchewan farming town of Foam Lake. After high school, he went to Western Academy Broadcasting College (WABC) in Saskatoon prior to moving to the island. Pat also spent several years broadcasting hockey in the BCHL as well as seven years as the radio voice of the Lethbridge Hurricanes in the WHL. Pat has been working at Cornerstone Funeral Home in Lethbridge as a Certified Life Celebrant and Funeral Assistant since 2016. News and sports have always been Pat's passion from the time he was a teenager and he's always been grateful to have had the opportunity to make that part of what's been a fun and long radio career!
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